US EditionHow to Detect Smishing? 5 Ways Not to Fall Into Sms Scam
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If you receive a text message that promises prizes, warns problems with your account or presses you to act quickly, you could be facing a case of smishing. This mode of fraud, close relative of phishing, seeks to steal your data by posing as your bank, social networks or services you use. Cybercriminals play with fear and emotion so that you react without thinking. The key to not falling: distrust suspicious links, ignore unreal promises and alw…
In the current threat landscape, phishing continues to grow unstoppably as an attack vector, especially messages containing malicious links: in the last three years there has been an increase of 119% of these threats including URLs to induce fraud, according to the cybersecurity and enforcement firm Proofpoint. However, phishing attacks are no longer limited to email, but are also accompanied by text messages and other digital channels to target…
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