Cell phone users should watch out for text messages containing a website link that, when visited, could download a Trojan horse, security experts have warned.In a blog posting Friday, McAfee dubbed the new development “SMiShing,” referring to a phishing attack sent via short-message service (SMS).Some cell phone users have started receiving an SMS that reads: “We’re confirming you’ve signed up for our dating service. You will be charged $2/day unless you cancel your order,” David Rayhawk wrote in the McAfee Avert Labs blog. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe The message includes a URL that, if clicked on, downloads a Trojan horse that could allow a Web-enabled phone to be controlled by hackers. SMiShing is another example of how hackers are injecting cell phones and other mobile devices with malware and viruses that could penetrate enterprise networks, according to Rayhawk.-John Blau, IDG News Service (Dusseldorf Bureau) Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content brandpost Four Leadership Motions make leading transformative work easier The Four Leadership Motions can be extremely beneficial —they don’t just drive results among software developers, they help people make extraordinary progress wherever they lead. By Jason Fraser, Director, Product Management & Design, VMware Tanzu Labs, Public Sector Sep 21, 2023 5 mins IT Leadership feature The year’s top 10 enterprise AI trends — so far In 2022, the big AI story was the technology emerging from research labs and proofs-of-concept, to it being deployed throughout enterprises to get business value. This year started out about the same, with slightly better ML algorithms and improved d By Maria Korolov Sep 21, 2023 16 mins Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence opinion 6 deadly sins of enterprise architecture EA is a complex endeavor made all the more challenging by the mistakes we enterprise architects can’t help but keep making — all in an honest effort to keep the enterprise humming. By Peter Wayner Sep 21, 2023 9 mins Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Software Development opinion CIOs worry about Gen AI – for all the right reasons Generative AI is poised to be the most consequential information technology of the decade. Plenty of promise. But expect novel new challenges to your enterprise data platform. By Mike Feibus Sep 20, 2023 7 mins CIO Generative AI Artificial Intelligence Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe