Comments on: Cybercriminals abuse Skype’s SMS sending feature, release DIY SMS flooders

By: DIY Skype ring flooder offered for sale | Webroot Threat Blog - Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 07:01:41 +0000

[...] Cybercriminals abuse Skype’s SMS sending feature, release DIY SMS flooders [...]

By: Cybercriminals abuse major U.S SMS gateways, release DIY Mail-to-SMS flooders « Webroot Threat Blog – Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 07:00:40 +0000

[...] people own a mobile device than a PC, cybercriminals quickly adapted and started innovating in an attempt to capitalize on this ever-growing market segment within their portfolio of fraudulent [...]

By: Russian cybercriminals release new DIY SMS flooder « Webroot Threat Blog – Internet Security Threat Updates from Around the World

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:01:05 +0000

[...] the active abuse of the features offered by legitimate infrastructure providers such as ICQ and Skype, to the abuse of Web-based SMS sending gateways, cybercriminals continue developing and releasing [...]

By: New Russian DIY SMS flooder using ICQ’s SMS sending feature spotted in the wild « Webroot Threat Blog

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 07:00:38 +0000

[...] abusing legitimate infrastructure for their malicious purposes, last week, I profiled a DIY SMS flooder using Skype’s SMS-sending capability to launch a DoS (denial of service attack) against a user’s mobile [...]