What Is Vishing? We define vishing as the “practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence action via the telephone.” Similar to phishing, the goal of vishing calls are to obtain valuable information that could contribute to the direct compromise of an organization by exploiting people’s willingness to help, fear, or curiosity. You may recognize these as calls from “tech support” or the “IRS” and even “your credit card company” asking you to confirm or correct information. You may have even heard “hackers in your area trying to hack your computer right now.” Have you ever received one of those […] Continue Reading >