How to Use smishing in a Sentence

smishing

noun

• As a result, smishing has been on the rise in recent years.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
• Another sign that gives away a lot of smishing messages is their sense of urgency.
  — David Nield, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2021
• Tips for avoiding smishing scams: Don't reply to text messages from unknown numbers.
  — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2025
• The company had previously found a separate SQL injection in the group’s smishing kits and provided Smith with a copy of the tool.
  — Matt Burgess, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2024
• This new tactic is part of a broader trend of smishing (SMS phishing) attacks targeting mobile users.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 27 Jan. 2025
• The exact strategy the FCC will take against smishing will likely evolve, but expect a more concerted effort by both the government and wireless carriers.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 13 May 2022
• The security advice for guarding against smishing isn't much different from the advice for protecting your devices against any other kind of threat.
  — David Nield, Wired, 12 Dec. 2021
• Despite a statewide legislation push to crack down on robocalls, consumers have still been susceptible to spoofing and text message smishing scams in recent months.
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
• Mitigation Methods The advent of offensive AI raises the stakes also with phishing, smishing and vishing.
  — Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Enlarge / Infection flow with DNS hijacking and smishing.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 20 Jan. 2023
• That’s because the phishing, smishing (SMS phishing), and vishing (video phishing) attempts now sound far more credible and can be replicated across many targets with minimal effort.
  — Kal De, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
• Among the most pressing concerns this year are phishing and smishing scams, where fraudsters pose as the IRS or other financial institutions through emails and text messages to steal personal information.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 1 Mar. 2025
• Consider social media as a subset target of social engineering attacks where things like phishing, smishing, and unexpected phone calls are all part of the spectrum of threats.
  — Emil Sayegh, Forbes, 26 May 2022
• Last April, the FBI reported receiving more than 2,000 complaints reporting smishing scams representing toll road collection services in three states.
  — Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
• Teaching employees how to spot and avoid common phishing, smishing and other social engineering attacks can greatly reduce breaches caused by the human element.
  — Chris Novak, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Keep Your Devices Protected Your phone can automatically block some smishing attacks.
  — David Nield, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2021