{"id":3907,"date":"2025-04-01T15:17:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/lucid-phaas-hits-169-targets-in-88-countries-using-imessage-and-rcs-smishing\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T15:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:17:32","slug":"lucid-phaas-hits-169-targets-in-88-countries-using-imessage-and-rcs-smishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/lucid-phaas-hits-169-targets-in-88-countries-using-imessage-and-rcs-smishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucid PhaaS Hits 169 Targets in 88 Countries Using iMessage and RCS Smishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bA new sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Lucid has targeted 169 entities in 88 countries using smishing messages propagated via Apple iMessage and Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Android.<br \/>\nLucid&#8217;s unique selling point lies in its weaponizing of legitimate communication platforms to sidestep traditional SMS-based detection mechanisms.<br \/>\n&#8220;Its scalable,\u00a0A new sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Lucid has targeted 169 entities in 88 countries using smishing messages propagated via Apple iMessage and Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Android.<br \/>\nLucid&#8217;s unique selling point lies in its weaponizing of legitimate communication platforms to sidestep traditional SMS-based detection mechanisms.<br \/>\n&#8220;Its scalable,\u00a0\u00a0The Hacker News<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u200bA new sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Lucid has targeted 169 entities in 88 countries using smishing messages propagated via Apple iMessage and Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Android. Lucid&#8217;s unique selling point lies in its weaponizing of legitimate communication platforms to sidestep traditional SMS-based detection mechanisms. &#8220;Its scalable,\u00a0A new sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/2025\/04\/01\/lucid-phaas-hits-169-targets-in-88-countries-using-imessage-and-rcs-smishing\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lucid PhaaS Hits 169 Targets in 88 Countries Using iMessage and RCS Smishing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":3908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.cybertechworld.co.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}