Subj : Chinese smish attack leak
To   : Mike Powell
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Aug 10 2025 08:45 pm

Hello Mike Powell!

** On Sunday 10.08.25 - 17:26, you wrote to me:

AA>> ..and there's the entry vector, "to drive victims to fake
AA>> verification pages"  I wouldn't trust any link from an
AA>> unsolicited sms!

MP> Yes, I do not, either, but apparently an alarming number of people still
MP> do!

And.. some messages might arrive "seemingly" from one's bank or
other service company.. and those links could even be short
URLs. ...that's also suspicious and a no-no.

I guess there are plenty of people/victims out there who simply
never hear about the danger of short urls and whether a legit
service company even sends out sms notices or not.

--
 ../|ug

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