Smart warns of rise in SMShing to hijack social media profiles

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Guest authors

PLDT’s wireless unit Smart Communications said on Tuesday that in the first quarter of this year, it has blocked more than 13 million SMShing (a.k.a. “smishing”) messages designed to help criminals take over people’s social media accounts.

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London police make ‘SMS blaster’ arrests

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June 10, 2024
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London police have arrested two individuals in connection with a scheme using an “SMS blaster” to send thousands of fraudulent messages. These messages, posing as banks and official organisations, aimed to deceive the public into sharing pe…

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MoU highlights need to boost Nigeria’s resilience against cyberthreats

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April 17, 2025
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Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with SecDojo, a cybersecurity training and upskilling company with headquarters in France, to strengthen the country’s resilience agains…

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Telkomsel joins race to use facial recognition for prepaid SIMs

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October 8, 2024
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Indonesian operator Telkomsel says it is trialing facial recognition to facilitate its processes for prepaid card registration and card replacement, making it the second telco in the country to embrace the biometric technology.

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