Why vishing is the new phishing and how to guard against it [Q&A]

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By Ian BarkerSep 9, 2020, 6:16 am123 pts
We're all familiar with the menace of phishing but, particularly following the recent Twitter attack, other methods of stealing credentials have been on the rise. These include 'smishing' (phishing via SMS) and 'vishing' (phishing by voice call). We spoke to Ed Bishop, CTO at email security company Tessian to…

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