To avoid tipping off the scammers, the FBI didn't reveal too many details about how it identifies victims. But in general, it ...
The term “smishing” is a mash-up of “SMS” and “phishing,” and it refers to a scam carried out via cell phone text. Scammers often try to frighten targets into clicking the link by ...
Malvertising targets Microsoft advertisers via fake Google ads, stealing credentials with phishing pages mimicking ...
The Commission for Communications Regulation is setting up an SMS Sender ID Registry to identify legitimate organisations in ...
From July, bulk SMS with unregistered sender IDs will be labelled 'Likely Scam'. And in October, such messages will be ...
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The word is a mash up of “SMS,” which stands for short message service, and phishing. This smishing scam is part of a series of smishing scams that the FBI has been aware of since early-March ...
Photo: Getty The telecoms regulator has launched a crackdown on scam SMS texts with a plan to block or apply warnings to texts that come from unregistered senders. Comreg is developing what it ...