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单词 vishing
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Definition of vishing in English:

vishing

nounˈvɪʃɪŋˈviSHiNG
mass noun

  • The fraudulent practice of making phone calls or leaving voice messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as bank details and credit card numbers.

    many victims of vishing are people who are not tech-savvy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some vishing schemes may be easy to recognize, but they still prove to be effective in tricking people uneducated in basic cyber-crime attempts.
    • He notes several factors that contribute to the success of vishing, including the inherent trust placed in telephone systems.
    • There is a vulnerability of earlier versions that enable vishers to take control over accounts of legitimate call centers and possibly generate thousands of vishing calls to clients an hour.
    • Many but not all vishing attacks begin with an e-mail.
    • "It's very easy to put up a number on a screen that isn't actually the number that the call's being made from, which lends itself perfectly to vishing."
    • The best way to confirm the vishing attack is to call the number and see for yourself what information is being requested.
    • "We've already seen a vishing campaign where someone was pretending to be from the Bank of America," he says.
    • The vishing scams could be hampered by building a database of known "scam" phone numbers or by creating a software filter that warns consumers of incoming fraudulent calls.
    • "Based on analysis of the recovered cache, we estimate the vishing crew responsible for the attack has stolen the data of 250 cards per day in this campaign."
    • In a vishing attack earlier this year, the targeted institution incurred direct fraud losses of more than $70,000.

Derivatives

  • visher

    • nounˈvɪʃə
    • Employees receive typical vishing calls and are scored on whether they give the visher information.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A visher can change routings easily, but even so the analysis can potentially reveal details that will reveal a given call as being false.
      • A visher in India may call and trick people from the USA and the latter might not be able to do anything about it.
      • A Voice over Internet Protocol phone number can be easily created without the visher having to divulge and thoroughly verify his personal information as one must with traditional phone lines.
      • The role-playing visher told the manager that the company was looking at the possibility of winning a multimillion-dollar government contract.
      • These aspects will lead to success as a professional visher.

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of voice and phishing.

Definition of vishing in US English:

vishing

nounˈviSHiNG

  • The fraudulent practice of making phone calls or leaving voice messages purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as bank details and credit card numbers.

    many victims of vishing are people who are not tech-savvy
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In a vishing attack earlier this year, the targeted institution incurred direct fraud losses of more than $70,000.
    • The vishing scams could be hampered by building a database of known "scam" phone numbers or by creating a software filter that warns consumers of incoming fraudulent calls.
    • "We've already seen a vishing campaign where someone was pretending to be from the Bank of America," he says.
    • Many but not all vishing attacks begin with an e-mail.
    • Some vishing schemes may be easy to recognize, but they still prove to be effective in tricking people uneducated in basic cyber-crime attempts.
    • "Based on analysis of the recovered cache, we estimate the vishing crew responsible for the attack has stolen the data of 250 cards per day in this campaign."
    • He notes several factors that contribute to the success of vishing, including the inherent trust placed in telephone systems.
    • There is a vulnerability of earlier versions that enable vishers to take control over accounts of legitimate call centers and possibly generate thousands of vishing calls to clients an hour.
    • "It's very easy to put up a number on a screen that isn't actually the number that the call's being made from, which lends itself perfectly to vishing."
    • The best way to confirm the vishing attack is to call the number and see for yourself what information is being requested.

Origin

Early 21st century: blend of voice and phishing.
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