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Vishing refers to an attacker posing as a member of an organization’s helpdesk or another reputable organization in order to convince the called party to grant them access to a system. Typically the process works as follows:
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After identifying individual’s to target, then a phishing campaign is often run to flood that individual’s mailbox with SPAM
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The vishing attacker will call or leave a voicemail purporting to have knowledge of the phishing attack and offering assistance
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The attacker uses convincing information to talk the called party into installing remote access or remote assistance software, thus gaining a foothold in the system
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The attacker then works behind the scenes to escalate their privileges and gain access to sensitive systems
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