Surfshark takes aim at the smishing epidemic with new real-time scam text protection
Surfshark is expanding its anti-fraud arsenal with a real-time scam text protection tool designed to detect and block malicious "smishing" messages on mobile devices before they can do any harm.
Surfshark, a leading VPN provider, has introduced a new real-time scam text protection feature to combat the rising issue of SMS-based phishing. This AI-driven tool screens incoming texts on both iOS and Android devices and blocks potential threats before users can accidentally interact with them. The protection is available to Surfshark One and Surfshark One+ subscribers.
With SMS scams now accounting for 35% of all phishing attempts globally, Surfshark aims to enhance mobile security by providing a unified space for users to defend against modern, human-centric cyberthreats. The new feature works in the background on iPhones, moving fraudulent texts to the Spam folder, and on Android devices, displaying a warning notification and allowing users to examine suspicious messages in a controlled environment within the Surfshark app.
US users also receive an in-app dashboard calculating the estimated money saved by avoiding each fraudulent text. Surfshark emphasizes that the feature does not retain messages, monitor users generally, or use private data to train its AI models.
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