Mobile Spooging - new lingo in cybercrime

A second article on mobile spoofing, initially reported by the Asian School of Cyber Laws (ASCL), whereby a cyber criminal using a web-based software, can send an SMS to any cellphone without even touching a hand-set. [News Today India]

"You have flunked'. The SMS was enough to unnerve not only Ram, an engineering student, but also his entire family.

But the panic was soon found to be unfounded as, within minutes,Ram came to know it was a spoof when his reply to the message bounced back.

It was only a prank played by one of his IT-savvy friends and Ram realised he had fallen victim to 'mobile spoofing'.

Related article: SMS Spoofing: the new age cyber crime

emily | 1:54 PM | Spam, Viruses and Hoaxes |
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