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Smishing: Why Text-Based Phishing Should Be on Every CISO’s Radar

Apr

2021

Anyone who uses a smartphone has likely been the target of at least one smishing attack. Smishing is much like email phishing scams, but instead sends deceptive or malicious links through text messages. Like phishing, smishing tries to trick users into giving up valuable information, such as bank-login credentials, by convincing the recipient that the […]

What smishing is and how to protect yourself from it

Apr

2021

With smishing all the rage, media in the United States, Italy, and Brazil have been cranking out alarming stories about new scams. The German police even issued an official warning about one such campaign. The phenomenon has raked in massive sums, as evidenced by its search popularity. So, what is smishing? What is smishing, and […]

Category Cyber-crime Phishing Written by Kaspersky 0 Comments

Identity Fraud Losses Soared to $56 Billion in 2020, Javelin Researchers Find

Mar

2021

Fraud losses climbed to $56 billion in 2020 and identity fraud scams accounted for a staggering $43 billion of that cost, according to a new report. The reduction in transaction activity in 2020, combined with financial institutions’ more robust antifraud measures, made it harder for criminals to succeed in their ‘traditional’ fraud activities, according to […]

Category Cyber-crime Identity theft Phishing Written by Hotforsecurity 0 Comments

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