Cybercriminals have been using the COVID-19 pandemic as a central theme in all kinds of crisis-related email phishing campaigns. But because of the dramatic rise of the number of at-home workers, one method that has become increasingly common over the past few months are vishing attacks, i.e., phishing campaigns executed via phone calls.
Rising success rates are the reason why vishing has become more common, and there are several factors driving this trend:
People are actually at home to receive calls, giving threat actors more hours to connect with live targets
Everyone is on high alert for information about the pandemic, stimulus checks, unemployment compensation, ways to donate to charitable organizations, and other COVID-related topics, providing attackers with an endless supply of vishing social engineering options
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