Quick summary from NumberCop’s Smishing and Vishing research lab: Malicious phone phishing campaigns resumed at full speed over the last two weeks; our data confirmed targeted Smishing attacks for: Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Chase, PNC Bank (Recording here), DirectExpress, Western Union, Visa and up north Scotiabank, TD Bank and Royal Bank of Canada.

Meanwhile many Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile customers experienced another spike in spammy SMS chat-bots driving traffic to adult sites combined with numerous account take over attempts. Things appeared to be more quiet in UK and Australia as law enforcement stroke 3 times in these markets recently.

Weekly sampling attached. Contact us for in real-time threat intelligence via NumberCop’s API.