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FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

August 5, 2022 admin FCC, Federal Communications Commission, personally identifiable information, PII, Robokiller, robotexts, smishing, sms phishing, Social engineering, stir/shaken

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 12:39:42 +0000

Smishing attacks, or phishing attempts via SMS, are on the rise, and Americans are fighting off billions of spam messages each month.

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More than a quarter of Americans fell for robocall scam calls in past year

June 1, 2022 admin FCC, Federal Trade Commission, reports, robocall, scam call, stir/shaken, TrueCaller

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:37:17 +0000

Robocalls and scam calls have been a longstanding problem. For 2021, the FTC has recorded its highest number of victims yet.

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