SMS Phishing aka Smishing Research Project #smishing #smsphishing
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Joined March 2022
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We have started a knowledge base for #smishing research and investigation and will keep updating it with new interesting insights! Keep an eye out:
github.com/reportsmishing/kn…
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Sneak peak into our paper accepted @ACM_IMC_2025! #smishing #smsscams #onlinefraud #IMC25
(Preprint coming out soon)
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Looking forward to presenting our paper on “Hi mum and dad” SMS scams next week @USENIXSecurity in Seattle! If you are attending #USENIX25, come to the Fraud, Malware and Spam track on 14th Aug! @uclisec @uclcs @ucl @IMDEA_Networks @StopScamsUK #onlinefraud #scams #cybercrime
🔔‼️ Our paper (w/ #StopScamsUK @EnricoMariconti @gsuareztangil @mjvasek) investigating “Hi Mum and Dad” SMS Scams has been accepted @USENIXSecurity’25! #USENIX25 #SMSScams #finanicialfraud #himumscams @uclisec @uclcs @usenix
We are seeing new #smishing campaigns targeting users in the UK over iMessage and RCS (google to Apple included) luring users for #winterheating allowance!
iMessage - Philippines numbers
RCS - UK numbers
@GoogleCloudSec @Mandiant @Apple @Ofcom @GOVUK @DWPgovuk @DWPDigital @DWP
hxxp://govuk[.]disburse-subsidies[.]help/uk hidden behind @Cloudflare (/w 0 detections @virustotal @googlecloud) and hxxp://gov[.]uk-subyc[.]cfd/uk - hosted on @TencentGlobal @tencentcloud
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📣I will be presenting our paper (w/@mjvasek) on analyzing newly registered phishing domains that criminals abuse to conduct #smishing📱in Tokyo next week at #WEIS2025!
Full paper is available here: sharad1126.github.io/files/W…
Conference: kmlabcw.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/we…
@uclisec @uclcs @ucl
🔎 Could access to Spamhaus data help your research project? We recently supported Dr. Marie Vasek (@mjvasek) and Ph.D. candidate Sharad Agarwal (@shad1126) from @ucl, providing them with free access to our Passive DNS to investigate the abuse of 15,000 newly registered domains.
Interested to see how they used the data? Learn more here ⤵️
hubs.ly/Q03g_CQq0
#DomainAbuse #Phishing #CyberSecurity #ThreatIntel
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📣📱💳 Our paper (w/@mjvasek) titled "Card-Not-Present Fraud resulting from Smishing Attacks: An Experimental Study" was accepted @NspWorkshop 2025! Looking forward to a great discussion. #CNPfraud #smscams #scams #smishing #onlinefraud #StopScamsUK #NSPW25 @uclisec @uclcs @ucl
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It was a pleasure presenting at #Honeynet2025 @ProjectHoneynet @uclisec @uclcs @ucl @deutschetelekom
Next at #Honeynet2025, Sharad Agarwal presents:
📲 “Staying Up-to-Date with SMS Scams: Building a Smishing Honeypot”
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The @mintradigital has recently published new legislation aimed at combating #scam messages and phone calls: boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE…
Pleased to have contributed (w/ @mjvasek and @gsuareztangil ) a response to their initial consultation, available here: sharad1126.github.io/files/C…
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Looking forward to showcasing our #smishing honeypot📱 for the first time @ProjectHoneynet Annual Workshop 2025 in Prague on 2nd June! @uclisec @uclcs @ucl @StratosphereIPS
📱 Can honeypots keep pace with next-gen smishing?
We’re excited to welcome Sharad Agarwal to #Honeynet2025 in Prague to present Staying Up-to-Date with SMS Scams — showcasing a honeypot catching real-world scams across SMS, RCS, and iMessage.
🔗 prague2025.honeynet.org
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Interested in honeypots? Or SMS Phishing? I’ll be presenting our #smishing honeypot📱@ProjectHoneynet’s Annual Workshop in Prague on 2nd June @techlibcz!
🔗 prague2025.honeynet.org/prog…
@uclisec @uclcs @ucl #scams #honeypots
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🔔Research in news🚨
The results from our work on categorization of SMS scams from #IMC2024 and the upcoming paper on "Hi Mum and Dad" SMS scams @USENIXSecurity are referenced in today's @thetimes article by @yennahsmart thetimes.com/business-money/… #StopScamsUK @uclisec @uclcs @ucl
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Inside the “Hi Mum / Dad” text scam targeting millions of parents across the UK 🤳
Read here:
thetimes.com/article/cf80544…
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Criminals have been abusing newly registered domains towards SMS phishing aka #smishing. Our research empirically investigates the abuse of over 15k newly registered phishing domains using @spamhaus @SpamhausTech passive DNS.@uclisec @uclcs Read blog here: spamhaus.com/resource-center…
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Looking to speak to someone who has been targeted by phone scammers or received/responded to a delivery or 'Hi Mum/Dad' text scam #journorequest
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Anyone know whats this text all about? Im deleting it anyway ... @staplenick ?
