Phishing, which as far back as the 1990s used fake emails to scam unsuspecting victims, evolved into the use of fake SMS or text messages, known as smishing attacks. Now, that evolution has entered a new stage with voice-phishing or vishing attacks that involve voice cloning.
One method is to send a voicemail message generated by artificial intelligence (AI), seemingly from a panicked child or grandchild, to a family member, urging them to send money, often through a bogus bank link.
“The everyday vishing script is a high-pressure, ‘urgent problem’ phone call,” Nathan House, CEO of StationX, a United Kingdom-based cybersecurity training platform, told The Epoch Times….