FCC warns of steep rise in phishing over SMS

After the FCC Federal Communications Commission made a huge splash weeks ago when it told Google and Apple to pull TikTok from their respective app stores, the federal agency is now warning Americans of an increased wave of SMS phishing attacks. SMS phishing, otherwise known as smishing or...

FTC Releases Alert on Government Grant Scams

The Federal Trade Commission FTC has released an alert on government grant scams. In these schemes, scammers pose as government officials to get consumers to send them money. Anytime someone asks you to pay money to get money, stop and think twice. US-CERT encourages consumers to refer to the FTC...