cyber trends
In a well-known version of mobile phone spoofing , a recipient receives a text or phone call from someone who appears to be in the area close to the recipient . Users are hesitant to block local phone numbers for fear it would also block legitimate phone calls and messages .
Spoofing the recipient ’ s phone number is another advance by actors to overcome spam filtering and blocking and to convince users to click on the embedded links in the messages .
Prevention and mitigation
Smishing messages are a common method for sending phishing links . Infoblox recommends the following precautions for avoiding smishing attacks :
• Always be suspicious of unexpected text messages , especially those that appear to contain financial or delivery correspondences , documents or links .
• Never click URLs in text messages from unknown sources . In the campaign under discussion , the source was the recipient , who did not send the message , and that is a red flag .
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