New SMS phishing campaign (SMISH) pretending to be from the United States Post Office
October 13, 2020
The Slickrockweb team broke news on a SMS phishing campaign (SMISH) pretending to be from the United States Post Office, pushed out nationally to cell phones in large numbers. The full twitter report was documented by us on September 15th, 2020 [here]
Some of our research on this USPS SMISH was picked up by other cybersecurity researchers and journalists:
Security Boulevard
“New Smishing Campaign Using USPS as Its Disguise” — by David Bisson on September 16, 2020
Business Insider
“Scammers are sending fake texts about FedEx and USPS packages, and it’s fueling a conspiracy theory about a sex trafficking scandal” — by Mary Meisenzahl on Oct 12, 2020, 11:53 AM
