‘Smishing’: the rising threat for business owners that brings scams to smartphones

Hackers, no longer content with phishing emails, are now sending text messages to entice people to click on fake links

You've heard of ransomware? Now you've got to worry about smishing".

Smishing is a relatively new form of cyberattack that's threatening millions of consumers and small businesses around the world. Smishing is a form of phishing" using SMS or text messages instead of email messages to entice recipients to click on phoney links that draws them to sites where either personal information is exchanged or malware is unknowingly downloaded.