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Commsrisk Top Ten for April 2024

Which stories grabbed the attention of your peers? These Commsrisk articles attracted most readers during April.

The top three national audiences for Commsrisk continue to be the USA, UK and India, but a ‘snowball’ effect appears to be accelerating growth amongst Americans, with the result that they have opened a substantial lead on everyone else. Paradoxically, the share of the global audience that comes from the top three has fallen slightly due to a generalized increase in traffic from a wide range of other countries. This includes impressive gains from countries where English is not the first language. Germany, Brazil, France, Spain and Malaysia now routinely feature amongst the top 20 sources of visitors to Commsrisk.

These were the ten most popular articles during April, ranked by the number of unique visitors.

  1. Bangkok Police Arrest HK Smishing Scammers Carrying an IMSI-Catcher Backpack through Shopping Malls
  2. Huge AT&T Data Breach Affects 73mn People
  3. What Is the Real Risk Posed by Telegram Creating a Bypass Route for SMS OTPs?
  4. Chinese Arms Dealer Sold IMSI-Catchers for Huge Paris Drive-by Smishing Scam
  5. Irish Regulator Says Anti-Scam Plan Is Worth EUR1.2bn to Society and Economy
  6. This IMSI-Catcher Video Will Scare You
  7. Five Ways That Brazil’s STIR/SHAKEN Is Different
  8. US Asks about the Need to Harden SS7 and Diameter Security to Stop Location Spies
  9. Urgent Security Advances Needed to Trust Mobile Caller IDs
  10. Mobileum Fake Revenues Lawsuit and Countersuit: What the Court Documents Say
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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