You’ve probably heard of phishing – it’s a cyber attack that uses a disguised email as a weapon, but have you heard of vishing and smishing? Vishing is the ‘verbal’ form phishing (for example, a voice message) and smishing is the ‘text’ version.
Hopefully you’ve never fallen victim to phishing, smishing or vishing…but have you ever been tempted to click the link or reply…just to see what would happen? Well, here is one story from a person who did exactly that. If you haven’t seen James Vietch’s famous TED talk this is what happens when you reply to spam email, then do yourself a favour and check it out.