News of the Cyber World

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Vishing is on the Rise

also known as Voice Phising

FBI and CISA warn Americans about strange phone calls that might sound quite familiar to you if you currently depend on a VPN, a kind of secure tunnel, to connect to a remote server commonly located at your company's headquarters.

What you should expect to hear from these scammers

You first get a call from a stranger that pretends to be your coworker or the IT guy that somehow learn about your "incorrect setup" or "outdated software" or anything like that to connect to your company's network.

Then he tricks you into either giving away your credentials either by telling him what your username and password are over the phone or by opening a fake website that might look similar to any VPN website you might opened while working at home.

At this point it's too late for you and the company! They've already managed to break into their systems thanks to your naive attitude.  

The agencies have been telling companies to implement some ID verification system that might let them discard such phone calls right away in an attempt to keep your connections secure.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/fbi-cisa-aler...edentials/