Direct answer
What is smishing? Smishing is phishing delivered through SMS or mobile messaging, often using shortlinks and urgent local brand narratives.
Belgian lure families
Common Belgian themes include parcel delivery, itsme, tax and finance portals, bank security, Card Stop, telecom billing, energy support, police or administrative notices, and fake customer-support routes.
What makes smishing different
The useful artifacts are not only domains. Sender IDs, shortlinks, final redirects, callback numbers, language, carrier timing, QR codes, IBANs and WhatsApp routes can define the campaign.
How PhishNet models it
SmishNet Belgium links SMS URLs, sender/callback patterns, BIPT context, brand targets, evidence, liveness and exportable datasets for CCB/CERT and affected organizations.
How PhishNet uses this
Inside PhishNet this topic is treated as operational graph context: observations are linked to sources, evidence, Belgian relevance, confirmation state, liveness, campaigns and exports. Public pages explain the method; authenticated users can pivot into the full platform workflow when a signal needs investigation or handoff.
Selected sources and research
These pages combine PhishNet platform knowledge with public research, official Belgian sources and open OSINT documentation.
Common questions
What is smishing?
Smishing is phishing delivered through SMS or mobile messaging, often using shortlinks and urgent local brand narratives.
Why are callback numbers important?
Many campaigns move from a link to phone or messaging contact, where fraud and mule routing happen after the click.