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Social Engineering to Disable iMessage Protections

ID: 3f939316-1c84-5a2c-8145-7384a89bdd89

STIX ID: report--3f939316-1c84-5a2c-8145-7384a89bdd89

Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2025-01-17

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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A blog post highlights a growing smishing tactic: attackers prompt victims to reply 'Y' and relaunch the SMS link to bypass iMessage/link restrictions on messages from unknown numbers, boosting click-through to phishing pages; no IOCs or attribution are provided.

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