Smashing Smishing by Quashing Quishing
Andrew Brandt
SAINTCON 2025 · Day 1 · Main Track 2
In his compelling SAINTCON talk, "Smashing Smishing by Quashing Quishing," Andrew Brandt, Principal Threat Researcher at Netcraft, sheds light on the escalating threat landscape dominated by sophisticated phishing attacks leveraging QR codes (quishing) and SMS messages (smishing). Brandt, a seasoned expert with a background spanning industry giants like Symantec, Webroot, Blue Coat, and Sophos, dissects the evolution of these mobile-centric attacks, illustrating how they've become increasingly targeted, evasive, and effective at bypassing traditional security measures and even multi-factor authentication (MFA).