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SMS Phishers Harvested Phone Numbers, Shipment Data from UPS Tracking Tool

June 22, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, adidas, Apple, brian hughes, Latest Warnings, lego, smishing, sms phishing, united parcel service, ups, ups canada ltd., Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 19:11:33 +0000

The United Parcel Service (UPS) says fraudsters have been harvesting phone numbers and other information from its online shipment tracking tool in Canada to send highly targeted SMS phishing (a.k.a. “smishing”) messages that spoofed UPS and other top brands. The missives addressed recipients by name, included details about recent orders, and warned that those orders wouldn’t be shipped unless the customer paid an added delivery fee.

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A week in security (August 1 – 7)

August 8, 2022 0 Comments A week in security, arris, blog recap, blog roundup, cisco vpn, FCC, justalk, lock and code, lock and code podcast, malwarebytes edr, managed service providers, mick foley, msp, netstandard, ps5 scam, Ransomware, rat, robotext, sextortion, smishing, sms phishing, twitter, twitter compromise, vmware, week in security, weekly blog roundup, woody rat

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 08 Aug 2022 11:38:31 +0000

The most important and interesting computer security stories from the last week.

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FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

August 5, 2022 0 Comments FCC, Federal Communications Commission, personally identifiable information, PII, robokiller, robotexts, smishing, sms phishing, Social engineering, stir/shaken

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000

Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.

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PayPal SMS scams – don’t fall for them!

February 5, 2020 0 Comments phishing, phishing scam, Privacy, sms phishing, SMS spam, text message

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 17:39:12 +0000

Text messages may be old hat – but SMS is still a handy tool for crooks out to find more about you.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OuQJbO6XlzE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apple proposes simple security upgrade for SMS 2FA codes

February 3, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, 2fa, Apple, Google, Microsoft, mozilla firefox, Safari, security threats, sms phishing

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 12:54:31 +0000

Apple thinks it’s come up with a simple way to make SMS two-factor authentication (2FA) one-time codes less susceptible to phishing attacks.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EmuD8lIFjiU” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>