Tuesday, October 14, 2025

“None of our security controls apply to the messages that phones receive from them.”
– Anton Reynaldo Bonifacio, CISO, Globe Telecom –

Think your phone is safe because you have good password hygiene? Think again. SMS blasters – portable devices that hijack your phone by forcing it to downgrade to unsecured 2G networks – are the latest cybercrime trend spreading from London to Southeast Asia, and they don’t even need your number to blast thousands of phishing texts per hour. The fix is simple: Android users should disable 2G connectivity in settings, while iPhone users can enable Lockdown Mode. For more, Check out New SMS blaster text scams are on the rise, security experts warn – stay safe by changing this one phone setting.

Stay safe. Stay healthy. Be strong. Lead well.

Chad