January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
548 pages
12h 7m
English
Any attack that involves a voice message and tricks the user into performing an action on the computer or leaking sensitive information is referred to as voice-based social engineering.
Vishing is the art of utilizing a recorded voice message or an individual calling the victim to extract information from a targeted victim or group of victims. Typically, Vishing involves a trustable script, for example, if company X announces a new joint venture with company Y, the staff will be curious about the future of both companies. This allows the attackers to call the victim directly with a pre-defined script as follows:
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