It’s no secret that seniors are a prime target for cyber scammers. Other WRAL Top Stories These scams can be costly and can often lead to identity theft. Older adults lose around 3 billion US dollars ...

The FBI and Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are getting serious about voice phishing, also known as vishing, a new threat to illegally obtain ...

First there was phishing and now there is vishing. Here's an FAQ for consumers to learn more about the latest scam techniques that uses your phone. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News reporter ...

Cybercriminals and hackers employ a variety of methods to access and steal sensitive information from individuals and organizations. One increasingly popular approach is vishing, or voice phishing.

Vishing, Wangiri, and Other VoIP Fraud Tactics On the Rise Your email has been sent Protect your business from VoIP fraud. Learn how to recognize the most common types and harden your phone system ...

Phishing attempts involve fraudulent messages sent over email, social media networks, SMS, and other text-based platforms. They may appear to be from your bank, popular online services -- such as ...

John Mc Loughlin, CEO of J2 Software. Cyber criminals are always finding new ways to trick people, and one of the latest scams on the rise is called vishing, short for voice phishing. Unlike e-mail ...

New dictionary words have been formed to describe online scams. Phishing, one that everyone knows by now, is when a scammer uses a pretext in an email to get someone to click on a link or attachment ...

We’ve all heard of phishing, the tried-and-tested email scam that spoofs authoritative sources to trick recipients into handing over sensitive information or downloading malware. Well, vishing is its ...

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert to warn about the growing threat from voice phishing or ...

An email campaign asking victims to call a bogus number to suspend supposedly fraudulent subscriptions got right past Microsoft’s native email controls. A pair of billing and tech support “vishing” ...