Cybercriminals Have a Weird New Way to Target You with Scam Texts
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The article discusses a new method used by cybercriminals to send scam texts using 'SMS blasters' that exploit 2G connectivity in phones, and commenters discuss the vulnerability and potential fixes.
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How many phones still support 2G? If its a lot I suspect a security patch or firmware update could fix that. They do link to this [1] for Android, a setting I do have.
They then push the scam messages, which contain links to fraudulent websites, to the connected phones
Seems like disabling non-HTTPS could also be done through an update. Plenty of scammer sites have legit DV certs though.
[1] - https://source.android.com/docs/security/features/cellular-s...