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What is SMS phishing?
SMS phishing, or “Smishing,” is a mobile phishing attack that targets victims via the SMS messaging channel rather than through email. A natural evolution of the phishing phenomenon, smishing attacks attempt to dupe mobile users with phony text messages containing links to legitimate looking, but fraudulent, sites. These smishing sites try to steal credentials, propagate mobile malware, or perpetrate fraud.
Though smishing has crept into users' text messaging streams for over a decade now, the technique has long flown under the radar with relatively small global attack volumes over the years. However, that's changing as cybercriminals seek to profit off of today's mobility and remote work trends.
Approximately 81% of organizations say their users faced at least some level of smishing attacks in 2019. Right before COVID-19 hit, smishing volume was already on the uptick….
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Posted by: Ericka Chickowski |
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October 30, 2020 at 09:11PM
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