Native on the platform alongside email phishing. It simulates the vector already circulating in branches, parking lots and printed materials: a QR code that leads to a malicious page or download.
HRM glossary
QRishing
Phishing via QR code: the lure asks you to scan, not to click a link.
What is QRishing?
Phishing — NIST defines phishing as deceptive messages that trick people into clicking malicious links or downloading software.
Phishing simulation — A controlled lure to measure actual behavior, not the declared one.
Social engineering — Manipulating a person, not a system, to get an action or a piece of data.
Smishing — Phishing via SMS. At Whalemate it runs as a professional service, not a native channel.
HRM glossary
Questions about QRishing
What is QRishing?
Phishing via QR code: the lure asks you to scan, not to click a link.
How does Whalemate use it?
Native on the platform alongside email phishing. It simulates the vector already circulating in branches, parking lots and printed materials: a QR code that leads to a malicious page or download.
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