Experts Tie Toll Smishing Uptick To “Spoofing,” As FTC Joins Agencies Urging Caution

Tribune News Service (via “Government Technology”) reports, an ongoing wave of toll-related fraudulent texts could be tied to a popular Chinese “spoofing” kit that recently updated its features to show people how to mimic tolling authorities, according to the cybersecurity website KrebsOnSecurity. The article describes how spoofing scams work and notes that the Federal Trade Commission last week issued its own warning about this latest trend in smishing.