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Vishing
The phone attack: a caller imitating someone in authority, why caller ID is not a defence, and why help desks are the softest target.
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IN THIS RECORDING
- Vishing as the most prevalent social engineering attack, conducted by phone
- Pulling information out of a user gradually by imitating authority
- PBX tricks and operator manipulation — caller ID is not always the best defence
- Why help desks are particularly vulnerable: trained to be helpful, minimally trained in security
- Five protection steps, ending with treating vishing the way you treat smishing
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