986th: What is "Smashing" that I often hear recently?

By : ilikephone / On : 02/09/2022

What is fishing and smashing?

 Fishing is a fraudulent credit card number, account information, etc. (user ID, password, etc.), such as sending an Internet mail that spoofed the sender and connecting it to a fake website service.A criminal act that tricks economically valuable information.

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The fraud "Smashing" sent by SMS -the possibility that the victims will also be the steps of the attack

  • DOCOMO Kar or "Product Shipping" fraudulent emails and fishing countermeasures council

  •  SMISHING is "SMS PHISHING" and refers to fishing using SMS on mobile phones instead of general Internet emails.

     Since smartphones are commonly used, this word has been created since the increase in scams that combine SMS.

     Typical phishing emails and smashing emails are induced to a fake web server by trusted and frequently used services, spoofed emails, and SMS.

     According to the Fishing Council, 27 brands that were misused by fishing email in December 2021.4 % was Amazon.Next is Mercari, Sumitomo Mitsui Card, ETC Usage Interest Service, JCB, about 74 of the total number of reports..It is said that it accounted for 0%.

     Also, in smartphone smashing, many texts such as Amazon, au, and DoCoMo have been reported.It is said that the increase and sophistication of the phishing and smashing on the Internet and smartphones are becoming more prominent year -on -year, as various services are provided on the Internet and smartphones.