Telecomunicações em Portugal

  SMS spoofing – AvisoPROCIV – Alerting messaging technology sensitive for spam and fraud Security – It’s estimated between 5% -20% of all SMS messages are spam or fraud related. (source: GSMA) Alerting messaging technology sensitive for spam and fraud: – Original subscriber spoofing avoid charging and identity theft. – Faked originating SMSC, used for free delivery (spam) or attacking the network. – SMS flooding – violating the fair use policies, DoS attacks. – SRI phishing – collecting subscriber base information for other types of fraud or for sale. – Spam and unsolicited advertisements. – Premium number scam requesting to call or text a premium charged number. – Phishing scams requesting sensitive information from the subscriber. – Homograph phishing attacks, mixing visually identical characters in the URL. – SMS malware such as viruses, worms or Trojans attacking mobile devices . – Botnets and SIM farms used for spam distribution or sending SMS to premium numbers. Cell Broadca...