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MANEA MATTERS
MANEA MATTERS

FROM PHISHING TO QUISHING

There’s a lot of advice out there e.g. from Microsoft (précised below) on how to be
on your guard against scammers. You may be familiar with many of those listed,
but eCops is now advising us to be on our guard against Quishing - one of the latest
scamming methods (see below)!

Phishing Vishing
Most of us are all too familiar with Where fraudulent call centres trick people
phishing. This is where scammers are into disclosing sensitive information
disguised as trustworthy sources (e.g. over the phone. These scams use social
disguised as Microsoft or Google) and use engineering to persuade victims to install
false hyperlinks to lure email recipients malware onto their phones in the form of
into sharing personal information. an app.

Malware phishing Quishing

This type of attack involves planting This scam uses fake QR codes on
malware (software designed to cause parking machines, charging points, even
disruption), disguised as a trustworthy restaurant menus. Once scanned, you’re
attachment. If the attachment is opened, taken to a bogus website where you
it can paralyse entire IT systems. innocently input your details thinking
Spear phishing you’re paying for a service, when in fact,
you’re sharing all your personal details
Most phishing attacks cast a wide net with the scammers.
but spear phishing targets individuals by
exploiting information gathered through
research into their jobs and social ECops’ fraud and cyber security advisor,
lives. These are particularly effective at Nigel Sutton, has this advice:
bypassing basic cybersecurity. “Trust your instincts… if something doesn’t

Smishing seem right, don’t share your details”.
This is a combination of ‘SMS’ and
‘Phishing’ – where text messages are Dianne Rowe
disguised as trustworthy sources. These
can catch people off guard resulting in
very successful scams!

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