Individuals who recently updated their residence visas across the United Arab Emirates have been targeted Chinese-speaking threat group Smishing Triad in a new smishing attack campaign that involved the impersonation of the country’s Federal Authority for Identity and Citizenship facilitate malicious data gathering activities, reports The Hacker News. Malicious messages sent by Smishing Triad through SMS or iMessage included shortened links, which when clicked would redirect to a UAE Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security-spoofing website, a report from Resecurity showed.

Source: SC Magazine