I'm sitting in the Ft. Lauderdale Office of the Corporation, using the Lookout email client when I receive the following:
Vishing is a socially engineered technique for stealing information or money from people using the telephone network. The term comes from combining “voice” with “phishing,” which are online scams that get people to give up personal or sensitive information about The Corporation. This may include impersonating another employee of the Corporation, your bank, law enforcement agencies or any government related organization via voice email, VoIP (voice over IP), or landline or cellular telephone.
Vishing?
Vishing?
Really?
Oh, I guess it's a thing [1] now.
Sigh.
We already have a term for this—“phishing!” Or perhaps “social engineering?” How about “hacking” if you want to go old school 80s style terminology?
Good lord …