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Most incidents of Phishing or Spoofing on smartphones still occur via Email, according to MEFβs (Mobile Ecosystem Forum) 9th Annual Trust Study, with 52% of users reporting personal experience of data harm via this channel. Surprisingly, 39% of those users still took no preventative measures to protect their online data.
SMS and Voice (phone calls) were the joint second most reported channels for Phishing and Spoofing attempts for 39% of users, followed by WhatsApp (30%). However, more users are taking protective action against breaches on these channels β perhaps highlighting the acceptance of Email as a βdirtyβ channel.
Full details are available to download atΒ https://mobileecosystemforum.
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The total number of cellular connections worldwide with mobile data (excluding M2M) has risen 75% since the end of 2016 β from 3.89 billion to 6.82 billion. Mobile data connections comprise both Talk, Text & Data SIMs and Data-only SIMs.
Over the same time, the total number of cellular connections rose from 7.25 billion to 8.44 billion meaning that cellular connections with mobile data now comprise almost 81% of the total versus just 54% at the end of 2016.
Mobile connection data and user data for over 200 countries worldwide is available to view at MEF DataΒ https://mobileecosystemforum.
