What is a smishing text? Learn how SMS phishing scams work, how to spot them, and the best ways to protect yourself from ...

The text may have urgent language or appear from a legitimate source. That's by design, and it could be to your detriment.

Hackers have set up over 10,000 fake websites to keep smishing scams going and target both iPhone and Android users with texts. Kurt the CyberGuy shares how to defend yourself.

State officials are warning Americans not to respond to a surge of scam road toll collection texts. The texts impersonating ...

Recently, several state and federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Internal Revenue Service, have warned against the rise of smishing, the SMS version of phishing.

A phishing scam is going around that could put many Texans' personal information at risk. Here's what to know.

FBI issues new warning of nationwide 'smishing' text scam from E-ZPass or other road toll collection service. Here's what to ...

News outlets reported that these scams exploited more than 10,000 people via SMS. But what is smishing, and how can you protect yourself from it? What is the difference between phishing and smishing?

An official-looking link ends with “.gov,” which previous federal agency fraud warnings told users to look for at the end of ...

Though the term smishing comes from a combination of the words phishing and SMS, these scams can also be conducted through other messaging platforms such as iMessage, Google Messages and WhatsApp.