We got used to SMS notifications and phishers are capitalizing on it

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A rising onslaught of phishing messages delivered via SMS (aka “smishing”) has been hitting mobile users around the world in the last few months. The fake messages impersonate payment, package delivery and streaming services, government and healthcare organizations, popular IT and email providers, online retailers, hospitality organizations, and so on. SMS phishing is popular because it’s effective The attackers’ goal is to get users to share sensitive information either via SMS or by entering it … More

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Read the original article: We got used to SMS notifications and phishers are capitalizing on it