Sharad Agarwal
@shad1126.bsky.social
Cybercrime Researcher | PhD Candidate @uclcs @ucl | Product Analyst @StopScamsUK | Created http://csphdfellowships.org | Prev @BristolCyberSec @CMSExperiment @CERN @CERNopenlab 🌐 sharad1126.github.io
Looking forward to presenting our paper on “Hi mum and dad” SMS scams next week #USENIXSecurity in Seattle! If you are attending #USENIX25, come to the Fraud, Malware and Spam track on 14th Aug! @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @imdeainstitutes.bsky.social #StopScamsUK #onlinefraud #scams #cybercrime
Looking forward to presenting my PhD research on #smishing and #smsscams on July 4th, 2025 in Vienna at TU Wien! Thanks to Dr Daniel Arp for the invite. @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk #StopScamsUK #scams #onlinefraud
📣I will be presenting our paper on analyzing newly registered phishing domains that criminals abuse to conduct #smishing 📱in Tokyo next week at #WEIS2025! Full paper: sharad1126.github.io/files/WEIS25_A… Conference: http://kmlabcw.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/weis/2025/ @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
Sharad Agarwal@shad1126.bsky.social · last yr.Criminals have been abusing newly registered domains towards SMS phishing #smishing. Our research empirically investigates the abuse of over 15k newly registered phishing domains using @spamhaustech.bsky.social @spamhaus.bsky.social passive DNS. @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk www.spamhaus.com/resource-cen...
📣📱💳 Our paper titled "Card-Not-Present Fraud resulting from Smishing Attacks: An Experimental Study" was accepted at NSPW 2025! Looking forward to a great discussion. #CNPfraud #smscams #scams #smishing #onlinefraud #StopScamsUK #NSPW25 @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
It was a pleasure to present our #smishing honeypot for the first time at #Honeynet2025! Thanks to the @stratosphereips.bsky.social team for organising a great event! @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
Stratosphere Laboratory@stratosphereips.bsky.social · last yr.Next at #Honeynet2025, Sharad Agarwal presents: 📲 “Staying Up-to-Date with SMS Scams: Building a Smishing Honeypot”
🚨 The wait is over — the full program of briefings for the Honeynet Project Workshop 2025 in Prague is now live! 🎉 📍 NTK, Prague 🗓 June 2–4, 2025 👉 Register today: prague2025.honeynet.org/program/ #honeynet2025 #cybersecurity #infosec #deception #cyberdeception #TI #TTPs #Malware
Looking forward to showcasing our #smishing honeypot and presenting some very interesting results as case studies at The Honeynet Project’s Annual Workshop 2025 in Prague! @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk @stratosphereips.bsky.social #smsscams #onlinefraud #honeypots
Stratosphere Laboratory@stratosphereips.bsky.social · last yr.📱 Can honeypots keep pace with next-gen smishing? We’re excited to welcome Sharad Agarwal to #Honeynet2025 in Prague to present Staying Up-to-Date with SMS Scams — showcasing a honeypot catching real-world scams across SMS, RCS, and iMessage. 📅 June 2–4, 2025 🔗 prague2025.honeynet.org
Interested in honeypots? Or SMS Phishing? I’ll be presenting our #smishing honeypot📱at The Honeynet Project Annual Workshop 2025 in Prague on 2nd June! 🔗 prague2025.honeynet.org/program @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk #scams #honeypots
🔔🚨The results from our work on categorization of #SMSscams published at #IMC2024 and the upcoming paper on “Hi Mum and Dad” SMS scams at #USENIXSecurity are published in today’s article @thetimes.com by @yennahsmart.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/business-mon... #StopScamsUK #scams @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk
‘Hi Mum and Dad’ … inside the emotive text scam
Fraudsters are posing as vulnerable children to trick parents out of thousands of pounds — but the police and phone companies are playing catch-up
thetimes.com
Live data sharing is crucial in the fight against scams. Check out how we and our members are committed on sharing intelligence data to stop scams at source! #StopScamsUK @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/12bb...
Banks and tech groups commit to live data-sharing in UK fraud clampdown
Industry-led initiative promises to beat existing scam-monitoring systems
ft.com
Criminals have been abusing newly registered domains towards SMS phishing #smishing. Our research empirically investigates the abuse of over 15k newly registered phishing domains using @spamhaustech.bsky.social @spamhaus.bsky.social passive DNS. @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk www.spamhaus.com/resource-cen...
Supporting researchers: How Passive DNS enabled a study into abuse of newly registered domains for phishing - Spamhaus Technology
UCL researchers use Spamhaus' Passive DNS to investigate domains abuse - read on to learn more.
spamhaus.com
It’s always exciting to see your research making an impact and being referred by industry stakeholders. Our “Hi Mum and Dad” SMS scam paper set to appear @ #USENIXSecurity, has been referred by @phonely.bsky.social in their latest blog article on #himum #scams! www.phonely.co.uk/blogs/guides...
The Startling Mum and Dad Scam: Parental Emotions Targeted
Discover the Mum & Dad scam targeting UK parents & grandparents & spot the warning signs.
phonely.co.uk
Based on our research, we submitted a response to @ofcom.bsky.social’s consultation on reducing messaging scams which is now available at www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-b... @sec.cs.ucl.ac.uk @ucl.ac.uk
Call for input: Reducing mobile messaging scams
This Call for input covers Short Message Service (SMS) and Rich Communications Services (RCS). Both require a user’s mobile telephone number in order to deliver a message over the mobile network and t...
ofcom.org.uk
Managed to listen to Tom Bloomfield at Imperial today and got to know his story from Oxford to building @monzobank.bsky.social and going to @ycombinator.com.web.brid.gy! Take risks and build what you’d use.
"The McAfee mobile research team recently identified a significant global increase of SpyLoan, also known as predatory loan apps, on Android" www.mcafee.com/blogs/other-...
Last weekend, #StopScamsUK was featured on the #BTTower supporting the #ScamSafe week along with the #BBCNews! Not everyday your organisation gets on the BT Tower. Stay Scam Safe!
