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Smishing
The SMS variant: text messages crafted for immediate action, where the phone numbers come from, and the prize scam example from the slides.
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- Smishing defined — SMS used to lure victims into immediate action
- Fear and greed wording: impending account suspension, fraudulent activity detected
- Where attackers get numbers: dark web data breaches, web crawlers, random generation
- Example 1 — the prize message offering a 200,000 riyal draw
- Defending with simulated attacks and security awareness training
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