Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) provide local media a briefing on current online scams specifically the well known techniques of phishing, smishing but the lesser known such as vishing and quishing. These techniques trick recipients into providing private persona information or additionally clicking on malicious links using:
- Smishing: Using deceptive text messages.
- Vishing: Using phone calls to deceive individuals .
- Spear Phishing: Targeting specific individuals or organizations with tailored scams.
- Whaling: Targeting high-profile individuals within an organization.
- Quishing: Malicious QR codes that redirect victims to malicious websites
For the full article please see here: https://pia.gov.ph/smishing-quishing-phishing-vishing-visayas-media-navigate-shing-a-ling-of-cyber-threats/
