WXIN/WTTV – While email phishing is still one of the primary ways scammers target victims, more con artists are switching to “smishing” through text messages in order to hook their victims.

After years of being scammed by robocalls and emails, many consumers know to ignore them. In recent years, many cybercriminals have switched to texting scams because they know that if we receive a ...

We obviously trust you not to sign up for a pyramid scheme or buy any snake oil, but something much easier to fall for are so-called "smishing" attacks. Well, we say that there's nothing a VPN can ...

Smishing is probably the cutest name for a cybersecurity attack I've ever heard, but it doesn't make it any less dangerous. It's clear to me we're not talking enough about this mashup of SMS ...

Opinions expressed are those of the author. Smishing is a cyberattack where scammers target individuals through SMS (commonly known as text) messages. The strange-sounding name is a merger of ...

In today’s digital age, businesses face an ever-growing array of cyber threats and one that’s becoming increasingly prominent is "smishing." Smishing — a blend of “SMS” and “phishing” — is a form of ...

A new "smishing" campaign also impersonates package delivery services, with over 10,000 fraudulent domains targeting people across multiple U.S. states and Canada. An increasingly-reported scam ...

If you're getting weird texts and phone calls and phone numbers you don't recognize, there could be smishing attempts to scam you. Smishing is a form of phishing, the fraudulent practice of ...

Don't click on anything. Don't think you're in trouble. And certainly do not send money. Smishing scams have popped up all over the country, where people get text messages telling them they need ...

The scams are known as “smishing,” which is “a mashup of SMS — for ‘short message service’ — and phishing,” according to a scam guide from the FCC. The department posted an ...

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AI gives new teeth to age-old cyber threats like phishing, smishing and vishing. Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, such attacks have risen by a staggering 1,265%. Once synonymous with ...