Text (SMS) Phishing

Linda Musthaler writes on How to Avoid Becoming a Victim of SMiShing (SMS phishing) . According to Musthaler "SMS spam campaigns in the U.S. grew by 400 percent in the first half of 2012, and about one-third of all SMS spam includes SMiShing attempts."

According to Michael Cooney's March 7 report in NetworkWorld, the FTC has charged eight companies with sending millions of phishing messages through text messaging.

Joan Goodchild recently wrote an article providing examples of phishing attempts.   Kenneth van Wyk offers some specific advice for avoiding threats in his article "Staying out of the Belly of Internet Beasts" (registration may be required to access this free article).

-DD