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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have issued an alert to warn of a voice phishing campaign targeting the employees of multiple organizations. According to the two agencies, the attackers used social media, recruiter and marketing tools, open-source research, and publicly available background check services to harvest information on employees at the targeted organizations, including their names, addresses, and phone numbers, along with information on their position and duration at the company.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or "Vishing" attacks targeting companies. "In mid-July 2020, cybercriminals started a vishing campaign-gaining access to employee tools at multiple companies with indiscriminate targeting - with the end goal of monetizing the access."
Modern vishing attacks use research-based social engineering to attack targets with convincing scams. On the surface, it might seem like vishing attacks are a consumer problem only.
BioCatch has introduced a new offering to help protect consumers from phone scams known as vishing, a type of Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud, in response to the growing vishing epidemic....
Two Romanian hackers have been extradited to the United States to face 31 criminal charges including computer fraud and abuse, wire fraud conspiracy, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft....
The two have been arraigned in a Georgia district court on charges relating to an elaborate voice- and SMS-phishing (i.e., vishing/smishing) scheme.
Two Romanian nationals indicted for their role in a vishing and smishing scheme were extradited from Romania, the United States Department of Justice announced on Friday. read more
http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=2911 By Tracy Kitten Managing Editor Bank Info Security September 12, 2010 Telephone-based phishing, or vishing scams are quickly ranking among...