Vishing

Cybercrime.

Abbreviation for voice phishing.

Voice phishing is a cybercrime that uses social engineering and the telephone system.

In its simplest form, the criminal uses phone calls to gain access to private personal and financial information from the public for the purpose of financial fraud.

Vishing is also used by attackers for reconnaissance purposes, to gather intelligence about a target organisation for use in future attacks.

See also

• Advanced Persistent Threat
• Compromise
• Cybercrime
• Cybercrime – A Threat And An Opportunity
• Cyber security: protecting your business and your clients
• Hacktivist
• Internet
• Phishing
• Smishing
• Social engineering
• Spear phishing
• Spoofing
• Whaling