voice phishing

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 ...

When Low-Tech Hacks Cause High-Impact Breaches
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Web hosting giant GoDaddy made headlines this month when it disclosed that a multi-year breach allowed intruders to steal company source code, siphon customer and employee login credentials, and foist malware on ...

Vishing (Voice Phishing) in Social Engineering News
Social-Engineer | | General, Protect Yourself, security awareness training, security professionals, social engineering, vishing, Vishing managed service, voice phishing
A new report by Mutare reveals costly and pervasive shortcomings in enterprise security protections against voice network attacks, such as […] ...

The Original APT: Advanced Persistent Teenagers
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Many organizations are already struggling to combat cybersecurity threats from ransomware purveyors and state-sponsored hacking groups, both of which tend to take days or weeks to pivot from an opportunistic malware infection ...

SMS About Bank Fraud as a Pretext for Voice Phishing
Most of us have probably heard the term "smishing" -- which is a portmanteau for traditional phishing scams sent through SMS text messages. Smishing messages usually include a link to a site ...

Vishing Attacks Are on The Rise
Companies are becoming more aware of potential cybersecurity threats and taking measures to protect their critical assets and increase security. However, one aspect of cyberattacks that often goes unforeseen (until ...
Not again! Another Phishing Simulation Goes Awry
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Key lessons from the West Midlands Railway incident and other common mistakes in employee training How resilient are your employees in the face of a phishing scam? That’s the question that ...

5 Reasons Why Text-based Training Beats Video Training Any Day (VIDEO)
Omer Taran | | Automated Training, Awareness Training, Compliance, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, Education Security, Human Element, National Cyber, Phishing, Phishing Attacks, phishing awareness, phishing awareness training, Phishing Simulation Plaform, phishing simulations, Security Culture, Security Environment, Security Training, Successful Phishing Simulation, vishing, voice phishing
There’s a rumor going around that people learn better or engage better with video content over text-based content. It’s easy to see where the misconception came from. After all, the average time ...

Is Spear Phishing Employees an Effective Training Technique? (VIDEO)
Omer Taran | | Automated Training, Awareness Training, Compliance, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, Education Security, Human Element, National Cyber, Phishing, Phishing Attacks, phishing awareness, phishing awareness training, Phishing Simulation Plaform, phishing simulations, Security Culture, Security Environment, Security Training, Successful Phishing Simulation, vishing, voice phishing
There is a common mistake in security awareness training, where teams spend time creating complex and sophisticated phishing simulations that are meant to mimic spear-phishing attacks or business email compromise threats against ...

Is Spear Phishing Employees an Effective Training Technique? (VIDEO)
Omer Taran | | Automated Training, Awareness Training, Compliance, cyber attacks, Cybersecurity, Education Security, Human Element, National Cyber, Phishing, Phishing Attacks, phishing awareness, phishing awareness training, Phishing Simulation Plaform, phishing simulations, Security Culture, Security Environment, Security Training, Successful Phishing Simulation, vishing, voice phishing
There is a common mistake in security awareness training, where teams spend time creating complex and sophisticated phishing simulations that are meant to mimic spear-phishing attacks or business email compromise threats against ...