Don’t Answer Text Messages of This Type. It May Be a Scam
While many people may be familiar with phishing emails that impersonate legitimate companies–and the need to avoid following any instructions within such messages–criminals have increasingly been sending phishing messages via text messages. In some ways, text-based phishing, sometimes called smishing or SMS phishing, is more dangerous than email-based phishing…
To learn more, please see my Inc. article, Don’t Answer Text Messages of This Type. It May Be a Scam.
Joseph Steinberg is a cybersecurity expert witness and advisor, and a Lecturer on Cybersecurity at Columbia University in NYC. He has led businesses in the information-security industry for over two decades, and has written books ranging from the best-selling Cybersecurity for Dummies to the official study guide for a CISO certification exam. He is one of only a few dozen people worldwide to hold the suite of advanced information security certifications, CISSP, ISSAP, ISSMP, and CSSLP, indicating that he possesses a rare, robust knowledge of information security that is both broad and deep; his information-security-related inventions are cited in well over 500 US patent filings.
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