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Phishing, Pharming, and Vishing, Oh My! a Guide to the "INGs" and How to Remain Protected
White Paper More recently, a New York Times article highlighted the flaw and the resulting leaks in the "Cobbled-together patch. The flaw in the DNS (Domain Name System), which acts like the Internet's telephone book, could allow Internet traffic to... [01 Jul 2009]
Wi-fi security left out in the cold
News VoIP networks are potentially open to phishing (or 'vishing'), spam and denial of service attacks and could be increasingly targeted by hackers according to the NCC. IT body the National Computing Centre (NCC) is warning... [04 Sep 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment While Skype's strong encryption prevents interception and eavesdropping, the software is still vulnerable to the vishing (phishing scams over VoIP) and social engineering threats that email and telephony also suffer from. [02 Apr 2007]
Security key concern for VoIP rollouts
News VoIP security - which covers issues such as spit and vishing - came second, selected by 26 per cent of respondents. When it comes to rolling out voice over IP (VoIP), the top priority for businesses is call quality,... [22 Mar 2007]
Get ready for attacks on VoIP...
News These future threats include voice spam, where voice messages inundate company networks, and phishing (or vishing) scams which use this voice spam to gain personal information. Spam, phishing and denial of service could... [13 Nov 2006]
Cheap VoIP? It's a 'vish' come true for scammers...
News The fraudsters are likely to be using stolen identities to set up a voice-response system and acquire local VoIP phone numbers, according to Secure Computing, which dubbed the new way of scamming "vishing". [11 Jul 2006]