Red Flags for Phishing: Verizon Outlines Latest Scams to Watch Out For

Verizon has published an article outlining various forms of social engineering attacks, including SMS/text messaging phishing (smishing), voice phishing (vishing), and spear phishing ...
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Australians Reporting Alarming Number of Losses to Vishing and Smishing Scams

We know that scam calls (aka vishing) and scam SMSs (aka smishing) are out of control, and for most unaware Australians, they continue to cause pain and suffering. According to the ...
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Hybrid Vishing Attacks Increase 625% in Q2

Reaching a six-quarter high in Q2, hybrid vishing attacks have increased six times that of the hybrid-vishing attacks experienced in Q1 2021.
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Vishing Attacks Increase 550% Over Last Year as the Financial Sector Continues to be a Primary Target

Cybercriminals are continuing to bypass the use of malware in favor of response-based and credential-centric social engineering attacks, according to new data from Agari and PhishLabs.
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“Europol Calling” (Not Necessarily)

Scammers are impersonating Europol with fraudulent phone calls in an attempt to steal personal and financial information, according to Kristina Ohr at Avast. The German Federal Criminal ...
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New U.K. Vishing Scam Offers Significant Phone Plan Discounts in Exchange for your Phone Provider's One-Time Security Code

Scammers targeting customers of mobile carrier O2 are enticing victim engagement by offering discounts on their mobile plan as much as 40%.
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Spam Calling Rates Spike Globally

Spam calls in the US spiked in October, according to Truecaller’s annual Global Spam Report. The report observed that Truecaller customers in the US received 3,115,861 spam calls in ...
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Multi-Stage Vishing Attacks are Coming to an Inbox Near You

New attacks initially coming in via email are directing victims to make phone calls to attacker-controlled call centers in order to provide banking and credit card details.
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2020 Top Phishing and Vishing Attacks And Trends

It’s an extra challenging year, harder than most, to choose the most impactful cybersecurity events. The year ended with a bang – the Solarwinds supply chain attack – which possibly ...
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Updates on Vishing

Voicemail scams are on the rise, according to Paul Ducklin at Naked Security. These scams are a form of voice phishing (“vishing”) in which scammers churn out automated phone calls and ...
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Your Vishing Attack Surface Has Exploded And Voice Phishers Now Target Your Corporate VPN

Brian Krebs wrote: "The COVID-19 epidemic has brought a wave of email phishing attacks that try to trick work-at-home employees into giving away credentials needed to remotely access ...
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