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SMS phishing for the masses


Jasper_The_Rasper
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March 22, 2017 by Jérôme Segura
 
Phishing remains one of the top threats that affects both consumers and businesses thanks to ever evolving tricks. While ‘classic’ phishing emails remain a problem, they can somewhat be thwarted via spam filters, whereas SMS phishing scams are much more difficult to protect against.
 
Case in point, here’s a fraudulent text message purporting to be from RBC, a Canadian financial institution, which made it through our phone without getting blocked:
 
                              


 
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