different between phishing vs vishing

English

Etymology

Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f????/

Homophone: fishing

• Rhymes: -????

Noun

phishing (uncountable)

1. (computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
2. The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Synonyms

• spoofing

Related terms

• phish
• phisher
• spearphishing

Translations

Verb

phishing

1. present participle of phish

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

Noun

phishing

1. (slang) phishing

Declension

Synonyms

• verkkourkinta
• kalastelu

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English phishing.

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

1. (computer security) phishing (the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English phishing.

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

1. (computing) phishing

English

Etymology

Blend of voice +? phishing

Noun

vishing (uncountable)

1. A form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim.
   • 2008, Gregory B. White, Dwayne Williams, Roger Davis, CompTIA Security+ All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition (Exam SY0-201) (page 36)

     Vishing takes advantage of the trust that most people place in the telephone network.

   • 2009, Ken Dunham, Mobile malware attacks and defense (page 188)

     Within just an hour, a new vishing infrastructure can be configured and put in place to launch a new attack.

   • 2010, David A. Montague, Essentials of Online Payment Security and Fraud Prevention (page 85)

     Between 2006 and 2007, the number of vishing identity theft cases rose from 3 percent of theft to 40 percent (Source: Javelin Strategy & Research.)

   • 2014, Nick Wingfield, "Swindlers Use Telephones, With Internet’s Tactics"

     But there has been less public outreach about similar new types of phone schemes, sometimes called vishing.