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#RCS phishing


Encrypted Chats, Old Tricks: Why Phishing Is Moving Past SMS

Published: 27 May 2026 08:04Category: Security Awareness & Social EngineeringGeo: North America / USAAuthor: NEURALSHIELD

Chinese-language phishing operations are reportedly leaning on RCS and iMessage to deliver credential theft lures inside trusted messaging apps, where SMS-era defenses are weaker.

Encrypted Chats Are Becoming Phishing’s Quietest Highway

Published: 26 May 2026 10:15Category: Security Awareness & Social EngineeringGeo: North America / USAAuthor: NEURALSHIELD

RCS and iMessage can carry the same old scam with less carrier visibility, pushing defenders away from SMS-era controls and toward device-side and user-side detection.