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October 28, 2026 · Certification Prep, Cybersecurity and Privacy, Healthcare IT, HIMSS Word of The Day

HIMSS Word of the Day #264: Vishing (Voice or VoIP Phishing)

Vishing, or voice phishing, is a fraud tactic in which attackers use phone calls, voicemail, or VoIP to trick people into revealing sensitive information or taking harmful actions. This post explains how it works in health care, what a 3,000-call multilingual research dataset adds to detection work, what the HIPAA Security Rule requires for training, and the verification habits that stop it.

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