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Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

January 16, 2025 0 Comments @chenlun, A Little Sunshine, csis security group, ezdrivema, FBI, ford merrill, IC3, imessage, Latest Warnings, lighthouse, massdot, north texas toll authority, rcs, secalliance, smishing, sms phishing, sunpass, the toll roads, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:18:48 +0000

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit sold in China that makes it simple to set up convincing lures spoofing toll road operators in multiple U.S. states.

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Google adds Verified SMS and anti-spam feature to Messages app

December 16, 2019 0 Comments Android, Google, google messages, messages app, Mobile, Operating Systems, rcs, rich communication services, security threats, SMS, SMS spam, Spam, spam protection for messages, verified sms system

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 10:50:02 +0000

If webmail, WhatsApp and IM are killing SMS, someone might want to tell Google – as it continues to add new features to its Messages app.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/bOkj5uWtjPM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>