A link is provided to submit payment through what appears to be a government site.But officials say the message is fake — and ...

Americans are being targeted by a sophisticated series of SMS phishing — or "smishing" — attacks that bait them with fictitious unpaid road toll charges. Toll road scam text. (FBI) ...

The attack takes its name from phishing emails that “fish” for a response that leaves you vulnerable to various threats, but here the dangerous message arrives via SMS, ...

It was only a matter of time before hackers and spammers started preying upon smartphones and other handheld mobile devices. Once mobile devices and associated mobile operating systems gain enough ...

Vishing attacks rose steeply by 442% between H1 2024 and H2 2024 as threat actors employed helpdesk social engineering and callback phishing methods to target victims. How AI is enhancing vishing ...

What do you get when you combine SMS text messaging with a phishing attack? Smishing. Beware--smishing attacks and text message spam are on the rise.

An anti-phishing solution must block any communication from known phishing sites on mobile devices — including SMS, apps, social platforms and email," said Banda. MORE ON CYBERSECURITY ...

The idea of “enterprise email security” is no longer sufficient, as it fails to address the full scope and scale of what must ...

When it comes to phishing, you’re probably thinking about scam emails in your inbox — but messages on your smartphone (and the links they contain) can be just as dangerous. With iMessage on ...

SMS phishing attack. SMS phishing, sometimes called smishing, uses text messages instead of emails. Smishing attackers send seemingly legitimate company text messages to their victims.