Beware of email and SMS spoofing: You could be impersonated!
From the Blog farazhasan This blog was originally published on Express Tribune on 7 April 2013. Click on the image for link to ET *I recently came across an article about an 'evil mobile software' on sale in Pakistan that is being used to send out fake SMS messages using other people's mobile phone number.* This act is commonly called 'SMS spoofing' and has both legitimate uses (setting the company name, your own mobile number or a product name from which the message is being sent) and illegitimate uses (such as impersonating another person, company or product). The article states that the software is being advertised and sold openly in the market without the notice of any law enforcement authorities. It is being used to send out spam and phishing messages. To my surprise, a small Google search actuapakistanblogs.blogspot.comRead Full Post
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