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Commsrisk Top Ten for May 2023

Last month saw a consistently strong readership for every new article. These were the 10 posts that received most attention.

The number of visitors to Commsrisk during May was the fifth-highest total for any calendar month in the website’s 16-year history. This was a surprise because there was no single day and no single article which attracted an especially large number of visitors.

The audience graphs for May exhibited an archetypal pattern where the number of visitors would dip during the weekend, jump upwards on Mondays, and then remain at that plateau for the duration of the working week. The larger-than-average total audience hence reflects the consistency with which each daily audience was above the norms for that day of the week. I take this to be further confirmation that Commsrisk is consistently growing its audience by turning new visitors into regular readers.

The following rundown is ordered by the number of unique pageviews.

  1. Malaysian Banks Stop Using SMS for Two Factor Authentication
  2. Is India Really Cracking Down on Phone Scams?
  3. Are Big US Robocall Analytics Firms Wrongly Labeling Legitimate Calls as Spam?
  4. Infobip and Sinch Failed to Stop Thousands of SMS Scam Messages, Says Aussie Regulator
  5. Malaysian Telcos Block All SMS Texts Containing URLs
  6. UK STIR/SHAKEN Consultation Begins
  7. Thirteen Years in Prison for Head of London Phone Spoofing Fraud Outfit
  8. Subex Announces New CEO
  9. Six Takeaways from ENISA’s eSIM Security Guide
  10. Simbox Bypass Finally Made Illegal by UK Supreme Court Ruling
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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