Info Security Magazine
2 years ago
Mobile Political Spam Surges Threefold For 2024 Election
Proofpoint highlighted how smishing, impersonation and spam are eroding trust in mobile messaging
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Dark Reading
2 years, 8 months ago
SIM Card Ownership Slashed in Burkina Faso
Users could hold up to five SIM cards previously, but now they can only have two; it's a move that the government says is intended to cut down mobile spam levels.
Dark Reading
3 years, 3 months ago
Legion Malware Marches onto Web Servers to Steal Credentials, Spam Mobile Users
A novel credential harvester compromises SMTP services to steal data from a range of hosted services and providers, and can also launch SMS-based spam attacks against devices using US mobile carriers.
The Register
3 years, 3 months ago
Vietnam threatens to cut off two million mobile subscribers
To scupper scams, account-holders must hand over personal info or else Almost two million mobile phone subscribers in Vietnam are at risk of having their services severed, thanks to a new government policy that seeks to curb spam.…