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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 85 points 5 months ago (25 children)

Smishing is a phishing cybersecurity attack carried out over mobile text messaging. It's also known as SMS phishing.

I had never heard that term before. Is it just a UKism, or am I one of today's lucky 10,000?

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 99 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Not just UK. It’s a stupid term that organizations use in cybersecurity trainings but no one else uses.

[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It feels like one of those where the people that have expertise enough to name new things are not experts in naming things.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 15 points 5 months ago

I encountered Quishing the other day - the inadvertent scanning of QR codes that take a browser to a malformed URL or site with malware embedded.

Back in my day, it was just called "being a bit dense", especially as most cameras/QR readers will offer you a prompt to go to a website first.

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