I would say this attack is not latest rather old (started sometime in 2004-2005) but with new dimensions or increased potential of risk now. Phishing by mobile phone SMS message or ‘smishing’ as it has been dubbed, is a way to carry out an old crime.
McAfee earlier reported that phone users in Iceland and Australia received text messages telling that they had to go to a website to ‘unsubscribe’ from an expensive dating website. Of course, the website installed a virus on the hapless victims. A more recent attack invited users to download anti-virus software for their phone. In fact, it installed a phone virus. What was particularly sinister about this attack was that the text messages originated from infected PCs which used computerised SMS gateways to send the messages. F-Secure also reported phishing attacks by SMS in SE Asia. These attack-trends shows us that criminals have turned their attention to mobile phones in these era. We can expect to see more virus, spam and phishing attacks on mobile phones using SMS, mobile internet connections, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi etc. Regards Amardeep T -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nforceit" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB.
