Smishing is a type of phishing scam that uses text messages to trick recipients into revealing personal and sensitive information such as passwords and credit card numbers.
November 12, 2025
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Describes a category of phishing that uses SMS/text messaging as the attack vector.
Phishing is an online fraud technique that uses fake websites to trick people into entering sensitive information, and "smishing" refers to phishing attacks conducted via SMS (text messages).
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Terminology describing types of online fraud targeting user credentials or payment data.