A Spike in Phone Phishing Attacks?
Summary: Krebs on Security reported that readers were receiving automated calls warning of credit card fraud and directing them to call a toll-free number to "verify" their card numbers, a scheme known as vishing. Internet Identity tracked at least 118 smishing attacks in the first quarter of 2010, a 40 percent drop from the last three months of 2009, and found credit unions remain a favorite target, with toll-free numbers used in about half of the lures.
What's compelling: In a 2008 vishing campaign that ran from January 13 to February 21, roughly 4,400 people called the fake bank number and 125 entered their full card number, expiration and PIN - a reminder that a pre-recorded message and a toll-free line are enough to extract credentials at scale.
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