The US FBI is warning that a threat moving across America “from state to state" targets citizens via malicious SMS (smishing) texts, telling iPhone, Android users to “delete any smishing texts received.” Now cybercriminals have registered “over 10,000 domains” to fuel a new wave of attacks. These new texts are easy to detect, delete them right away.
The new report comes via Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42. The new campaign, it says, “entices users to reveal personal and/or financial information,