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

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

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.

Smishing is a combination of SMS — a text message service — and phishing, which is a deceptive tactic used to steal people’s ...

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?

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

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

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

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.