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Different varieties of phish include smishing, vishing, and spear phishing, and the goal of each is the same though the medium used to conduct the scam differs slightly. Knof provided a quick definition of each:
- Smishing takes those phishing techniques of building trust and establishing a sense of urgency but applies them to text (SMS) messaging.
- Vishing uses voice, so it’s usually a phone call. The criminal can set the caller ID number to be anything they want it to be. The receiver may think the bank is calling because it’s the bank phone number.
- Spear Phishing involves a particularly targeted attack, so it’s usually in lower volume, especially if someone has more data available. Criminals can make the phishing attack more targeted to break into an enterprise network. The ‘spear’ part is more targeted.
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