You receive a call and the caller ID indicates that it is from your bank. You answer and are told that your account has been compromised. The person on the phone says that before they can proceed you need to verify your account number and security pin. What term best describes this type of social engineering attack?
Vishing (also called voice phishing) is conducting phishing attacks using telephony. This often involves using VoIP features such as caller ID spoofing to avoid detection.
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