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This Caller Does Not Exist: Using AI to Conduct Vishing Attacks
The best way to defend against vishing attacks is by educating ourselves on how threat actors operate, and to become familiar with the tools, techniques and procedures used to carry out these ...
Security Boulevard
The Power of Vishing
Just a couple of years ago, vishing, or voice phishing, was an unknown term. However, vishing is getting more attention […] ...
Watch Out for Vishing!
This year, the celebration of Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM) focuses on establishing a secure behavior by following four simple steps – using strong passwords and a password manager, deploying MFA wherever possible, ...
Vishing: Breaking Down Social Engineering Techniques
Social-Engineer | | artificial time constraint, authority, Liking, Newsletter, reciprocity, social engineering, social engineering techniques, Social-proof, vishing
If you’ve read our past joint newsletter, you know that Curt and I (Shelby) approach vishing in a way that […] ...
Today’s cybersecurity health checks must identify AI based threats. Does yours?
Barry Strauss | | AI, artificial intellignece, bec, business email compromise, ChatGPT, credential stealing, Email Protection, FBI, generative AI, human, Malware, Microsoft Outlook, Mobile Phishing, observability, Phishing, smishing, SMS, social engineering, spear-phishing, Threat Intelligence, vishing
Your organization will most likely face AI based threats in cybersecurity at some point this year. And as such, you can’t rely on outdated risk assessment methodologies that struggle to keep pace ...
The Social Engineering of Survivor
Social-Engineer | | ego suspension, Influence Tactics, Newsletter, rapport building techinques, Reverse Social Engineering, Social-proof, Survivor and social engineering, the social engineering of survior, vishing
Over the span of 23 years and 44 seasons, the reality television show Survivor is perhaps one of the greatest […] ...
Vishing and the Monarch Casino Heist: Social Engineering News
Social-Engineer | | Cybersecurity, General, Infosecurity, Monarch Casino, social engineering, social engineering news, vishing, voice phishing
Vishing attacks were prominent in Q4 2022, increasing 142% from Q3 2022 according to the February 2023 Trellix Threat report. Vishing or “voice phishing” is the act of making fraudulent phone calls ...
Effective Vishing Training
What would you say is the most effective form of cyberattack? Most of us are familiar with threats such as ransomware, which usually involves phishing emails. However, there is one cyberattack vector ...
Lessons from a Scam Artist
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What does a government scam, an IT support scam and a romance scam have in common? They all use psychology […] ...
Vishing on the Rise
Social-Engineer | | General, malicious callers, Principles of Influence, Protect Yourself, security awareness training, social engineering, vishers, vishing
Over the last few years, we have seen a concerning rise in vishing. Vishing is the practice of eliciting information […] ...