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China-based SMS Phishing Triad Pivots to Banks

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:31:58 +0000

China-based purveyors of SMS phishing kits are enjoying remarkable success converting phished payment card data into mobile wallets from Apple and Google. Until recently, the so-called “Smishing Triad” mainly impersonated toll road operators and shipping companies. But experts say these groups are now directly targeting customers of international financial institutions, while dramatically expanding their cybercrime infrastructure and support staff.

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How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:37:26 +0000

Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores.

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How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:37:26 +0000

Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new life into the carding industry, by turning phished card data into mobile wallets that can be used online and at main street stores.

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Chinese Innovations Spawn Wave of Toll Phishing Via SMS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 21:18:48 +0000

Residents across the United States are being inundated with text messages purporting to come from toll road operators like E-ZPass, warning that recipients face fines if a delinquent toll fee remains unpaid. Researchers say the surge in SMS spam coincides with new features added to a popular commercial phishing kit sold in China that makes it simple to set up convincing lures spoofing toll road operators in multiple U.S. states.

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