Smishing or Vishing? — TechKnowSurge

About this interactive

What you are doing: deciding whether each attempt arrives by text or by voice. Smishing: tricking a victim into disclosing sensitive data through short message service (SMS), that is, texting. Usually a link to a fake site, or a request to reply with information. Vishing: the same trick through voice services, on a cell phone, a landline or a business line. The lesson includes both a live caller and a recorded voice message, so a voicemail or a robocall is vishing. How to use it: ask how the victim receives the lure, by reading a text or by hearing a voice. A wrong answer resets your streak and shows why.

What you'll learn

Tell smishing, phishing by text message (SMS), from vishing, phishing by voice, including a voicemail or a recorded call

Aligned to

CompTIA Security+

2.2 Explain common threat vectors and attack surfaces.

Key terms

Smishing: A social engineering attack delivered via SMS text messages that tricks recipients into clicking malicious links, calling fraudulent numbers, or revealing sensitive information such as account credentials or financial data.
Vishing: A voice-based social engineering attack in which an attacker uses phone calls or voice messages to manipulate targets into revealing sensitive information or taking a harmful action such as transferring funds or resetting credentials.
Phishing: A social engineering attack that uses deceptive emails or messages to trick users into revealing sensitive information.

Topics

Smishing Vishing Interactive Streak Sort

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