First, 267m records were exposed & sold for 0.0002 cents each on the Dark Web. It was taken down but got reposted with yet more records.
Tag Archives: SMS spam
PayPal SMS scams – don’t fall for them!
Text messages may be old hat – but SMS is still a handy tool for crooks out to find more about you.
Google adds Verified SMS and anti-spam feature to Messages app
If webmail, WhatsApp and IM are killing SMS, someone might want to tell Google – as it continues to add new features to its Messages app.
Hackers exploit SMS gateways to text millions of US numbers
Receive any strange SMS text messages recently? If you live in the US, there’s a small chance you might have received an SMS with the following text in the last few days from someone called ‘j3ws3r on Twitter’: I’m here to warn the masses about SMS email gateways. Please look up how to disable it […]
Nagging text messages can help you to quit smoking
Does nicotine have you in its addictive grip? Chinese researchers have found that you might be helped with an SMS-based intervention.
500,000-per-day SMS spammer gets just £4,000 fine
An Indian call-centre operator has been fined by a London court for breaching Data Protection laws, but despite his operation bombarding UK cell phones with spams, his punishment amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist.