A compound of 'phishing' and 'SMS'. SMiShing (SMSphishing) is a type of phishing attack
where mobile phone users receive
text messages containing a
Web sitehyperlink,
which, if clicked would download a Trojan horse to the mobile phone. The term SMiShing was coined by David Rayhawk in a McAfee Avert Labs blog on August 25,
2006.
Also see the
All
About Phishing page in the
"Did You Know?
section of Webopedia for more information, including examples, of phishing.
McAfee Avert Labs blog The official McAfee Avert Labs Blog which provides 'as it happens' security research information.
