The mast was used to send thousands of smishing text messages to the public
  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    40·
    5 months ago

    Smishing is a phishing cybersecurity attack carried out over mobile text messaging. It’s also known as SMS phishing.

    I had never heard that term before. Is it just a UKism, or am I one of today’s lucky 10,000?

    • Zachariah@lemmy.worldEnglish
      48·
      5 months ago

      Not just UK. It’s a stupid term that organizations use in cybersecurity trainings but no one else uses.

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      5 months ago

      I’ve worked in IT for 15 years and it’s the first time I’ve heard SMS phishing condensed to smishing. But I specialize in servers and server security, so I’m not too surprised it’s a thing.

      • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        5 months ago

        Open Source Security Podcast with Josh Bresher and Kurt Sigfried. It’s a pretty good source of news and discussion from a sysadmin perspective.