Compass IT Compliance Blog / Vishing (3)

Guide to Improving Your Security Awareness Training

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For the past 3 years that I’ve worked at Compass IT Compliance, I’ve had the opportunity to travel the country and meet with various clients ranging from small businesses with less than 10 people to organizations with offices around the world. The main constant that I have noticed wit …

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Situational Awareness Starts with You!

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Having situational awareness can get you out of a lot of jams. Let me elaborate on what I mean by that. Have you ever received that annoying phone call from “Macrosoft Support”? This is known as a vishing attack. It’s the practice of eliciting information or attempting to influence ac …

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Vishing – A Closer Look

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Vishing, a shortened name for voice phishing, is the act of using a telephone to trick an individual into surrendering useful information to a fraudulent caller. Vishing is a form of social engineering, and as in most social engineering attempts, the attacker will create a false ident …

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