“Vishing” with war-dialers?
July 10th, 2006 by Dustin D. TrammellApparenly removing the email component and adding war-dialers to the mix warrants a new term for VoIP-enabled phishing, now called “vishing.” Secure Computing is reporting a new type of phishing attempt which utilizes war-dialers armed with pre-recorded messages replacing the use of e-mail lure and tackle. By calling unsuspecting people rather than emailing them, the attackers hope to elicit a better response to the seemingly more legitimate lure. You can read more in an article from the IT-Observer here.
July 11th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Another ugly neologism to join SPIM and SPOG.