Warning: Replying to a “Wrong Number” Text Marks You as a Target for Scams

Attackers are using “wrong-number” texts to identify potential targets for scams, according to researchers at Malwarebytes. These texts appear to be harmless messages meant for another ...

New Phishing Kit Gives Threat Actors Live View Into Attacks

A new phishing platform called “JWR” gives attackers real-time control over social engineering attacks, according to researchers at Cisco Talos. The kit livestreams the phishing page to ...

TurboTax SMS Scam

It is tax season in the United States and that means plenty of tax scams. I recently received these SMS messages.

A Surge in Text Message Scams Targets Younger Americans

A new report warns of a significant spike in SMS phishing (smishing) scams targeting younger Americans between 18 and 29 years old.