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> The biggest increases in attacks from Q2 to Q3 are SMS toll fraud (up 2,141%), Toll Fraud is rampant lately. I can tell because people have attempted it on n
by jackconsidine 3y ago
> The biggest increases in attacks from Q2 to Q3 are SMS toll fraud (up 2,141%),
Toll Fraud is rampant lately. I can tell because people have attempted it on nearly every consumer-facing project I've worked on. Additionally, the ill-advised "text the app to your phone" gimmicks have disappeared (fraudsters have cleaned up on direct, public endpoints to send SMS).
Shameless plug, but I've written a little about Toll Fraud and how to prevent it [0]
[0] https://koptional.com/article/how-to-stop-twilio-toll-fraud/ https://koptional.com/article/how-to-stop-twilio-toll-fraud/