Pretexting and Vishing — Roadmap Step & Resources
Manipulating people over the phone or in person using a fabricated scenario
- Level: intermediate
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker
Before this step
Study resources
- Social Engineering Attack Types (Article) — The Social Engineer's official framework defining pretexting, vishing and related techniques.
- Pretexting and Vishing Explained (Video) — Covers manipulating people over the phone using a fabricated scenario.
- Social Engineering Attacks Explained: Phishing, Vishing & Tailgating (Video) — A CompTIA Security+ aligned explanation covering phishing, vishing and tailgating in one lesson.
Part of
- Social Engineering and Physical Security — section
- Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker roadmap — the full learning path