What’s alarming about Lucid is that it involved phishing messages sent via Apple’s iMessage, which uses end-to-end encryption that allows the messages to bypass spam filters. Lucid also sends ...

Reply with a Y looks harmless on the surface, but it’s a clever way of disabling the built-in phishing protection protocol on iPhones. Apple has created a system for iMessage that automatically ...

In an alarming development, cybercriminals have devised a new method to circumvent Apple's built-in phishing protection for iMessage, potentially exposing you to malicious links and scams.

When it comes to phishing, you’re probably thinking about scam emails in your inbox — but messages on your smartphone (and ...

The emergence and proliferation of sophisticated iMessage phishing scams serve as a poignant reminder of the ever-evolving nature of digital threats and the paramount importance of maintaining a ...

Cybercriminals are exploiting a trick to turn off Apple iMessage's built-in phishing protection for a text and trick users into re-enabling disabled phishing links. With so much of our daily ...

Google Messages rolls out a built-in unsubscribe button, streamlining the process of managing and blocking spam texts. Here's what others are doing.

The phishing gangs typically load multiple stolen ... gaps in sender ID validation within both messaging platforms. “For iMessage, this involves creating temporary Apple IDs with impersonated ...

Though the term smishing comes from a combination of the words phishing and SMS, these scams can also be conducted through other messaging platforms such as iMessage, Google Messages and WhatsApp.