Smishing Attacks: SMS Now Being Used By Scammers To Dupe Citizens, Businesses. Here's How You Can Stay Safe

Smishing attacks are not necessarily something new, they work the same way as other social engineering phishing scams but use SMS or messenger apps instead of email or phone calls.

Smishing scams typically involve pretexting, where the scammer creates a story to deceive the victim. ( Image Source :Getty )

Smishing, or social engineering attacks that use fake text messages, is a growing tactic cyber criminals are using to deceive people into revealing personal and financial information. In case you were wondering, social engineering attacks are designed to manipulate unsuspecting users into sharing private information, downloading unverified software, clicking on shady URLs, and transferring money for dubious reasons. As per Proofpoint’s 2023 State of the Phish report (via IBM blog), 76 per