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Commsrisk Top Ten for November 2023

Which were the big risk stories that grabbed the attention of your peers? These Commsrisk articles received most traffic during November.

There have been large surges in traffic to Commsrisk in recent weeks. The number of visitors during November was up 10 percent compared to October, even though October’s visitor tally was already 22 percent higher than September. That is more than a one-third increase in the popularity of the website since the end of September.

The increased popularity of Commsrisk at first appeared to be due to accelerating ‘snowball’ growth in the USA. Closer inspection also revealed a similarly impressive proportionate rise in visitors from parts of East Asia that have never been so considerable for Commsrisk due to language barriers. Malaysia, the Philippines and Indonesia have jumped ahead of some European countries that are more traditional mainstays for Commsrisk. Commsrisk also received a significant bump in traffic when the UK Cyber Security Center cited an article from the beginning of this year to explain the need for new guidance they had issued.

The following ranking of Commsrisk articles is ordered by the number of unique visitors during November.

  1. Mobileum Fake Revenues Lawsuit and Countersuit: What the Court Documents Say
  2. Mobileum Inflated Revenues with Fake Invoices, Alleges Lawsuit by New Owners
  3. Lycamobile’s French Businesses Fined EUR10mn for Tax Fraud and Money Laundering
  4. Thousands Tricked Into Revealing Banking Details by Smishing IMSI-Catcher Driven around Norway
  5. Singapore Proposes Telcos and Banks Will Share Liability for Smishing Losses
  6. UK Cyber Security Center Issues Guidance on Artificial Inflation of SMS Traffic
  7. Denmark to Introduce SMS SenderID Registration to Counter Smishing
  8. Elon Musk Says Twitter Lost $60mn a Year Because 390 Telcos Used Bot Accounts to Pump A2P SMS
  9. A Eulogy for SMS
  10. A True Story about a Corrupt Fraud Investigator and a Sex Pest
Eric Priezkalns
Eric Priezkalnshttp://revenueprotect.com

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

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