Solution Brief | Harmony Mobile SMS Phishing (Smishing) Protection
This solution brief highlights Harmony Mobile’s advanced Smishing protection, safeguarding mobile devices from SMS-based phishing attacks. Learn how Harmony Mobile automatically detects and quarantines malicious messages, alerting users to potential threats. With seamless protection across iOS and Android, this solution prevents identity theft, data breaches, and financial losses caused by smishing, ensuring comprehensive mobile security.
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Harmony Mobile SMS Phishing (Smishing) Protection
What is Smishing? SMS Phishing (Smishing) is a social engineering attack that uses mobile text messages to trick people into downloading malware, sharing sensitive information, or sending money to cybercriminals.
Common scams
• Based on a very common and dangerous misconception, people consider text messages more reliable and secure than other messaging and communication channels
• Huge losses and extortion are constantly reported. Smishing is causing millions of dollars in losses.
• Identifying an SMS Phishing message is challenging on small screens and when short URLs are used.
• Smishing has a high success rate which makes it very popular among attackers for all market segments – Consumers and Business.
DELIVERIES, PACKAGE SHIPMENT &
POST-OFFICE
BANKING-MESSAGES REFUNDS & PAYMENT
FAILURES MULTI-FACTOR
AUTHENTICATION SALES &
PROMOTIONS
https://www.safetydetectives.com/blog/what-is-smishing-sms-phishing-facts/
76% organizations experienced smishing attacks in 20221
17% of phishing attacks are using the SMS attack surface2
1- https://www.ibm.com/topics/smishing
2- https://www.safetydetectives.com/ 3- https://www.robokiller.com/the-robokiller-report#Robotexts-are-increasingly-out-of-control
$9.7B in losses by US citizen over first half of 20223
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HARMONY MOBILE SMS PHISHING PROTECTION 2
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Smishing causes huge damages
• Money extortion and credit card information theft • Personal information breach • Corporate and financial data leakage • Identity theft and Online Accounts hijacking
Harmony Mobile protects your mobile fleet from Smishing attacks!
How does it work?
Harmony Mobile automatically detects the malicious message and quarantines it by sending it to spam. The users even do not notice they were targeted by a Smishing attack
Harmony Mobile automatically recognizes the message as malicious, and alerts the users with a notification to delete the message
Android
iOS
For a better understanding of the new Harmony Mobile Smishing Protection on iOS and Android, click or scan the QR code
Note that even before Harmony Mobile 4.2, with the On-device Network Protection (ONP) enabled, when users clicked Phishing links in SMS, Harmony Mobile could already block access to the malicious sites and prevent the attack.