vishing
n.— «Last year some of us made jokes about Vishing on funsec, today it’s a reality.…Special thanks to the good guys at Websense and the PIRT guys at CastleCOPS PIRT.» —“[Full-disclosure] Vishing (voice/phone phishing)—public incident” by Gadi Evron n3td3v: Full-Disclosure Mailing List June 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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