Mobile phishing is not a new phenomenon. Almost anyone old enough to remember using pre-smartphone mobile devices also remembers getting suspicious texts and calls from early scammers. Often, these scam artists used some variant of the now-campy Nigerian Prince scheme to trick victims.
But times have changed. Today’s mobile phishing attacks are sophisticated, high-tech, and largely automated. Mobile phones have taken on a more important role in users’ lives than ever before, and the world’s hackers have access to more data than the previous generations could dream of. Without mobile phishing protection, users are vulnerable.
The vast majority of cybersecurity content dealing with phishing focuses on the desktop environment. However, mobile users are just as exposed as desktop users are – but they often don’t even know it.
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