A form of phishing conducted over the phone (voice calls), where scammers impersonate legitimate organizations to extract sensitive information, payments, or remote access to devices.
A form of phishing conducted over the phone (voice calls), where scammers impersonate legitimate organizations to extract sensitive information, payments, or remote access to devices.
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Vishing, or "voice phishing," exploits the trust and immediacy of phone conversations. Scammers use caller ID spoofing to display legitimate phone numbers, making it appear that the call is genuinely from your bank, the IRS, tech support, or another trusted entity.
The real-time nature of phone calls puts victims under pressure. Unlike emails, which can be analyzed at leisure, phone conversations demand immediate responses, giving victims less time to think critically about what's being asked.
With advances in AI voice cloning, vishing attacks are becoming even more dangerous. Scammers can now clone the voices of family members or colleagues using just a few seconds of audio from social media, making impersonation calls terrifyingly convincing.
In 2024, a Hong Kong finance worker was tricked into transferring $25 million after a video call with deepfake versions of the company's CFO and other colleagues. The attackers used AI to clone the faces and voices of real executives.