Subj : Re: Chinese smish attack leak
To   : Mike Powell
From : Kurt Weiske
Date : Mon Aug 11 2025 08:51:50

-=> Mike Powell wrote to August Abolins <=-

 AA> ..and there's the entry vector, "to drive victims to fake
 AA> verification pages"  I wouldn't trust any link from an
 AA> unsolicited sms!

 MP> Yes, I do not, either, but apparently an alarming number of people
 MP> still do!

I think of the elderly, many of whom have discovered SMS. Thanksfully,
my mother when she was alive knew to reach out to me to confirm, but her
best friend got burned at least twice responding to classic "urgent" SMS
scams.

It doesn't take many hits to make a venture like those profitable.


 
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