SMS Filtering Intercept X for Mobile (iOS)

Hello,

I'm new to the Sophos Intercept X for Mobile.  I'm configuring the policies for iOS and came across "SMS Filtering".  It asked to add a domain - I'm ensure if this is the domain that should be whitelisted, or blocked?  And how are SMS messages received on iOS being monitored/scanned by Intercept X?



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[edited by: GlennSen at 10:36 AM (GMT -8) on 4 Feb 2025]
  • Thank you for reaching out to the community forum.
     
    For more details about SMS Filtering, you may refer to this Documentation
    The concept is that it will block all those fake domains, and whenever you receive an SMS/MMS with a link using a fake domain, it will directly put it in your Junk SMS or Junk MMS.

    Glenn ArchieSeñas (GlennSen)
    Global Community Support Engineer

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    • Thanks Glenn.  So I take that if the SMS has no links whatsoever, then the filtering will not be triggered?

      A user received an SMS text message impersonating the director, where the message has no links and came from an unknown number.  So I assume this will not be filtered then?

      • Hello  

        We appreciate your reaching out to the Sophos Community Forum.

        Please refer to this information if that helps you. 

        For example, if the real domain is sophos.com, the following are fake domains:

        • s0phos.com (substitution)
        • soophos.com (insertion)
        • sohpos.com (transposition)
        • mysophos.com (prefix)
        • sophos.net (different TLD)

        Subdomains like hr.sophos.com aren’t filtered.

        If an SMS message is filtered, all further messages from the same sender are filtered as well.

        Please refer to this article for reference: docs.sophos.com/.../index.html

        Let us know if you need any further help. 

        Regards, 

        Rutvik Chavda
        Global Digital Endpoint Security Engineer
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