Leave it to phone scammers to innovate new ways to be as annoying — and scummy — as humanly possible.

These cybercriminals are no longer content with just sending you the odd phishing text or two. As Wired reports, more and more of them are using so-called "SMS blasters" that basically act as a portable cell tower, tricking your phones into connecting with them as they cruise by. The scammers walk or drive around with the devices, firing out a ludicrous volume of SMS messages that contain dangerous links.

And we do mean ludicrous. Last year, Thai police reported that one device was capable of sending 100,000 texts per hour. In its short period of operation, police said, it unleashed nearly one million messages.

This isn't new tech. But it is "essentially the first time that we have seen

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