Cybercriminals are constantly finding new ways to trick people, and one of the latest scams on the rise is called vishing, short for voice phishing. Unlike email scams (also known as phishing), vishing occurs over the phone. Recent studies have highlighted a dramatic escalation in vishing attacks.
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The 2025 CrowdStrike Global Threat Report documented a 442% surge in vishing incidents from the first to the second half of 2024. Addi