Key Takeaways
- Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Sib Txuas Lus Commission (FCC) tau ceeb toom rau tib neeg txog kev nce ntxiv hauv phishing tawm tsam ua dhau SMS.
- Cov kws tshaj lij tau sib cav tias SMS tau dhau los ua qhov txaus ntshai tshaj li email los ntxias tib neeg hauv kev dag ntxias.
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Cov lus dag SMS tuaj yeem hla thev naus laus zis tsim los ntes phishing emails.
Tsuas yog thaum koj xav tias koj muaj kev cuam tshuam ntawm phishing emails los ntawm xov xwm ntawm kev hem thawj cov neeg ua yeeb yam hloov tacks thiab tawm tsam tib neeg siv cov lus dag SMS.
Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Kev Sib Txuas Lus (FCC) tsis ntev los no tau tshaj tawm tsab ntawv ceeb toom rau tib neeg txog kev nce hauv SMS phishing tawm tsam, sib qhia tias cov ntawv dag tau nce 168 feem pua ntawm 2019-2021, nrog ntau dua 8,500 qhov kev tsis txaus siab no xyoo ib leeg.
"Cybercriminals tau nce siv cov ntawv xov xwm los ua ib txoj hauv kev los hla kev tswj hwm kev nyab xeeb feem ntau siv hauv email thiab lwm yam kev sib txuas lus," Josh Yavor, Tus Thawj Saib Xyuas Kev Ruaj Ntseg ntawm Tessian, hais rau Lifewire. "Peb tab tom pom nthwv dej tshiab ntawm kev sib raug zoo tsim kev tawm tsam qhov twg cov neeg tawm tsam tau ua lwm yam sib txawv ntawm SMS lus rau dupe cov neeg siv khoom muab cov ntaub ntawv rhiab thiab tus kheej."
riam phom SMS
Phishing tawm tsam ua txhaum los ntawm kev dag SMS lus feem ntau hu ua smishing, lossis raws li FCC hais txog lawv hauv nws daim ntawv: robotexts.
Raws li cov thawj coj, kev tsis txaus siab txog cov ntawv xov xwm tsis xav tau tau nce tsis tu ncua nyob rau xyoo tas los no los ntawm kwv yees li 5,700 hauv 2019, 14,000 xyoo 2020, thiab 15,300 xyoo 2021, txog 8,500 txog rau Lub Rau Hli 30., 2022.
Nws kuj tau hais tias daim duab no tuaj yeem yog qhov kawg ntawm cov dej khov nab kuab, taw qhia rau Robokiller tsab ntawv ceeb toom uas kwv yees cov neeg Asmeskas tau txais ntau dua 12 billion tus neeg hlau xa xov nyob rau lub Xya Hli 2022, ntawm qhov nruab nrab ntawm 44 spam ntawv rau txhua tus pej xeem.
FCC kuj tau qhia qee qhov kev dag ntxias uas cov neeg dag ntxias tom qab cov phiaj xwm smishing no siv los ntxias tib neeg kom xa cov ntaub ntawv tsis pub lwm tus paub.
"Zoo li robocallers, tus neeg hlau exter yuav siv kev ntshai thiab kev ntxhov siab los ua kom koj cuam tshuam," FCC sau tseg. "Cov ntawv yuav suav nrog cov lus tsis tseeb-tab sis-kev ntseeg tau hais txog cov nqi them tsis tau them nqi, pob khoom xa tuaj snafus, teeb meem hauv txhab nyiaj, lossis kev cai lij choj rau koj."
Ntxiv mus, hauv lawv qhov kev sib tw los koom nrog koj, cov neeg dag ntxias kuj tseem tuaj yeem siv cov lus dag SMS los muab cov ntaub ntawv tsis meej pem, zoo li lawv tau xa mus rau lwm tus, txhawm rau kom koj teb, ib txoj hauv kev lossis lwm yam..
Tsim los ntawm FCC daim ntawv, Yavor taw qhia tias SMS yog "muaj kev phom sij ntau dua" dua li email raws li qhov nruab nrab phishing vim tias nws nyuaj heev los tawm tsam cov lus dag hauv cov ntawv tshaj li email.
"Hmoov tsis zoo, lub ntiaj teb kev ruaj ntseg rau SMS poob qis tom qab email raws li cov kev tiv thaiv tseem ceeb uas peb muaj hauv email tsuas yog tsis muaj nyob nrog cov ntawv," Yavor hais. "Nrog SMS, nws nyuaj dua rau kev cob qhia tib neeg los txheeb xyuas cov neeg xa ntawv dag, thiab tib neeg tsis muaj kev txhawb nqa uas lawv tau siv thaum siv email."
Nyob rau hauv Yavor qhov kev paub dhau los, tib neeg muaj txoj hauv kev zoo dua los txheeb xyuas qhov chaw nyob email cuav, thaum nws nyuaj dua nrog SMS, ua tsaug rau qhov muaj ntau tus lej spoofing.
SMS is More Dangerous
Yavor tau taw qhia rau Tessian kev tshawb fawb, uas pom tias ntau dua ib nrab ntawm cov neeg teb tau txais cov lus dag ntxias hauv xyoo dhau los. Tsis tas li ntawd, ib feem peb ntawm lawv tau poob rau qhov kev dag ntxias, tus lej uas siab dua cov uas cuam tshuam nrog phishing email.
Tib neeg feem ntau tsis xav tias yuav raug kev dag ntxias los ntawm lawv cov ntawv, uas yog vim li cas SMS tau dhau los ua qhov kev tawm tsam zoo heev, sau tseg Jeff Hancock, Harry thiab Norman Chandler tus xibfwb ntawm Kev Sib Txuas Lus ntawm Stanford University, hauv Tessian qhov kev tshawb fawb.
Kev ntseeg siab nrog SMS, nws tau sib cav, tshwm sim los ntawm qhov tseeb tias txog thaum tsis ntev los no, tsawg tus neeg sab nraud peb yuav tuaj yeem ncav cuag peb ntawm SMS. "Raws li peb yuav khoom hauv online thiab tau txais kev tshoov siab kom qhia peb tus xov tooj ntawm tes, tam sim no peb tau txais cov ntawv xov xwm los ntawm cov neeg uas peb tsis paub-qee cov lus yog raug cai, thiab lwm tus tsis yog," said Hancock.
Yog tias koj tau txais cov ntawv tsis txaus ntseeg lossis qhov kev thov txawv txawv los ntawm ib tus neeg koj ntseeg siab, Yavor qhia cov kev taw qhia zoo tshaj plaws yog tib yam li hauv email-es tsis txhob koom nrog ncaj qha, siv sijhawm ib pliag kom ncav cuag tus xa ntawm Lwm txoj hauv kev los txheeb xyuas qhov tseeb ntawm SMS.
"Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb uas yuav tsum muaj kev ntseeg siab sab nraud ntawm kev sib tham SMS thiab nco ntsoov tias cov koom haum raug cai [xws li koj lub txhab nyiaj] yuav tsis muab qhov kawg (xws li hu rov qab hauv 12 teev lossis lwm yam) lossis nug txog nyiaj txiag lossis lo lus zais hauv phau ntawv," said Yavor."Thaum kawg, tib neeg tuaj yeem tshaj tawm spam thiab cov ntawv dag rau lawv tus neeg nqa khoom los ntawm kev xa cov lus mus rau 7726."
