Phishing Campaign Targeting Verizon Mobile Users

From darkreading.com

Lookout Phishing AI, which discovered the attack, says it has been going on since late November.

Verizon is warning customers about a phishing campaign that is going specifically after mobile users.

Mobile devices have emerged as an effective attack vector, according to Jeremy Richards, principal security researcher at Lookout Phishing AI, which discovered the phishing kit. 

“Since many mobile devices lack traditional security, I expect we will continue to see these attacks increase alongside mobile device usage,” Richards wrote in a blog post earlier this week. “These attacks, when opened on a desktop, clearly look like a poorly made phishing domain, but on a mobile device, they look legitimate.”

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