The WeDDa framework for preventing smishing and vishing using protocol agnostic cryptographic trust

Mahmoud F M Salem1, Ehab K I Hamad2, Mohsen A M El-Bendary3

  • 1Electrical Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Aswan, 81542, Egypt. mahmoud.mahmoud@eng.aswu.edu.eg.

Scientific Reports
|March 3, 2026
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