The PLDT group was able to block millions of short message service (SMS)-based phishing attacks, or smishing, and is now working to address text scams sent through individual numbers, according to its chief information security officer. READ:
kasi unang-una hindi naman natin binabasa ’yungHe noted that the group is now in talks with vendors “to upgrade so that we can detect and prevent” text scams coming from individual numbers.para imbestigahan kung nakakabili sila ngPLDT and its wireless arm Smart said on Monday that they have increased efforts to prevent malicious messages from reaching their customers.
The group defined smishing or SMS phishing as a form of “social engineering done through text messages that deceive customers into thinking that these messages were sent by legitimate organizations such as banks, recruitment agencies, tour operators and other companies.” More than 600,000 text messages linked to smishing, hoaxes, and spamming were blocked in the first five months of the year.
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