Rapid technological innovation is greatly influencing the maturity of today’s threat landscape and the ways in which threat actors are choosing to target their victims. WMC Global expects global phishing attacks in 2025 to be heavily influenced by AI and emerging technology which will allow scammers to scale their campaigns efficiently. The rise of Rich Communications Services (RCS) messagingis also expected to present new smishing challenges as it bypasses traditional carrierfirewalls. Additionally, the spotlight on Telegram is driving threat actors to seek new ways of communing and driving up security around the platforms in which they congregate.WMC Global’s2025 threat predictionsare detailed below.
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2025 Industry Predictions
By WMC Global Threat Intelligence Team on 1/8/25 9:30 AM
Topics: SMS Attack Phishing Kit Threat Intel Data Exfiltration Government Passwords SMS Phishing Credential Phishing smishing Vishing financial institutions
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By WMC Global Threat Intelligence Team on 11/8/22 10:15 AM
WMC Global's Ben Coon, VP of Threat Intelligence, and Bobby Preston, Threat Analyst and Sr. Business Development Manager, presented at SaintCon this October.