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SMS Phishing aka Smishing Research Project #smishing #smsphishing

[Report Smishing @reportsmishing]

We have started a knowledge base for #smishing research and investigation and will keep updating it with new interesting insights! Keep an eye out:
https://t.co/S4g0FTeeiy

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

Sneak peak into our paper accepted @ACM_IMC_2025! #smishing #smsscams #onlinefraud #IMC25
(Preprint coming out soon)

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

Looking forward to presenting our paper on “Hi mum and dad” SMS scams next week @USENIXSecurity in Seattle! If you are attending #USENIX25, come to the Fraud, Malware and Spam track on 14th Aug! @uclisec @uclcs @ucl @IMDEA_Networks @StopScamsUK #onlinefraud #scams #cybercrime

[Report Smishing @reportsmishing]

hxxp://govuk[.]disburse-subsidies[.]help/uk hidden behind @Cloudflare (/w 0 detections @virustotal @googlecloud) and hxxp://gov[.]uk-subyc[.]cfd/uk - hosted on @TencentGlobal @tencentcloud

[Report Smishing @reportsmishing]

We are seeing new #smishing campaigns targeting users in the UK over iMessage and RCS (google to Apple included) luring users for #winterheating allowance!
iMessage - Philippines numbers
RCS - UK numbers
@GoogleCloudSec @Mandiant @Apple @Ofcom @GOVUK @DWPgovuk @DWPDigital @DWP

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

Looking forward to presenting my PhD research on #smishing and #smsscams @SecPrivTUWien on July 4th, 2025 in Vienna @tu_wien! Thanks to @darpsec for the invite. @uclisec @uclcs @ucl

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

📣I will be presenting our paper (w/@mjvasek) on analyzing newly registered phishing domains that criminals abuse to conduct #smishing📱in Tokyo next week at #WEIS2025!
Full paper is available here: https://t.co/SKGJyLZlRI
Conference: https://t.co/BtUaWxup6S
@uclisec @uclcs @ucl

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

📣📱💳 Our paper (w/@mjvasek) titled "Card-Not-Present Fraud resulting from Smishing Attacks: An Experimental Study" was accepted @NspWorkshop 2025! Looking forward to a great discussion. #CNPfraud #smscams #scams #smishing #onlinefraud #StopScamsUK #NSPW25 @uclisec @uclcs @ucl

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

It was a pleasure presenting at #Honeynet2025 @ProjectHoneynet @uclisec @uclcs @ucl @deutschetelekom

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

The @mintradigital has recently published new legislation aimed at combating #scam messages and phone calls: https://t.co/ER7m09za99
Pleased to have contributed (w/ @mjvasek and @gsuareztangil ) a response to their initial consultation, available here: https://t.co/BhBwzREXIj

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

Looking forward to showcasing our #smishing honeypot📱 for the first time @ProjectHoneynet Annual Workshop 2025 in Prague on 2nd June! @uclisec @uclcs @ucl @StratosphereIPS

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

Interested in honeypots? Or SMS Phishing? I’ll be presenting our #smishing honeypot📱@ProjectHoneynet’s Annual Workshop in Prague on 2nd June @techlibcz!
🔗 https://t.co/OcXwALmPsS
@uclisec @uclcs @ucl #scams #honeypots

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

🔔Research in news🚨
The results from our work on categorization of SMS scams from #IMC2024 and the upcoming paper on "Hi Mum and Dad" SMS scams @USENIXSecurity are referenced in today's @thetimes article by @yennahsmart https://t.co/YY91enVeNV #StopScamsUK @uclisec @uclcs @ucl

[Yennah Smart @yennahsmart]

Inside the “Hi Mum / Dad” text scam targeting millions of parents across the UK 🤳

Read here:

https://t.co/os0CanrdM5

[Daniel Cuthbert @dcuthbert]

AI will weaponise all attackers. Except this one.

[Sharad Agarwal, PhD @shad1126]

Criminals have been abusing newly registered domains towards SMS phishing aka #smishing. Our research empirically investigates the abuse of over 15k newly registered phishing domains using @spamhaus @SpamhausTech passive DNS.@uclisec @uclcs Read blog here: https://t.co/pfBgcyXOCO

[Yennah Smart @yennahsmart]

Looking to speak to someone who has been targeted by phone scammers or received/responded to a delivery or 'Hi Mum/Dad' text scam #journorequest

[Bernardo Quintero @bquintero]

Por curiosidad... ¿sabéis si alguna telco tiene filtro para smishing?

[Miss A @AnfieldRdYNWA]

Anyone know whats this text all about? Im deleting it anyway ... @staplenick ?

[Nick Stapleton - no longer posting here @staplenick]

Winter fuel payment scam playing on current anxieties related to govt policy.

It’s a scam, intended to gather info for later use in more serious stuff. Do not click through via link, do not give info