SMS scams robbed Americans of $470 million in 2024, up from $373 million the year before. According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), these frauds often begin with fake text messages about deliveries, job offers, or banking alerts. Reports of these scams jumped to 247,000, with package delivery scams being the most common type. These […]
Cloud communications company Twilio says some of its customers’ data was accessed by attackers who breached internal systems after stealing employee credentials in an SMS phishing attack.