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'PostalFurious' SMS Attacks Target UAE Citizens for Data Theft
SMS campaigns targeting members of the public in the United Arab Emirates have been detected.
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SMS campaigns targeting members of the public in the United Arab Emirates have been detected.
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.
With names, email addresses, and mobile numbers from underground databases, one person in five is at risk of account compromise even with SMS two-factor authentication in place.