phishing

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The act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. This is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. The email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, PINs or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud
The act of circumventing security with an alias
Present participle of phish
(Bilgisayar) Phishing is a form of fraud designed specifically to steal your identity
Can also mean to circumvent security with an alias
{i} act of attempting to dishonestly acquire sensitive personal information through deception; duplication of a Web page that already exists in order to trick and entice users into giving private or financial particulars or their password (Internet)
spoofing
Voice phishing
The criminal practice of using social engineering over the telephone system, most often using features facilitated by Voice over IP (VoIP), to gain access to private personal and financial information from the public for the purpose of financial reward
phishing

    Synonyms

    spoofing

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In the UseNet News Groups (alt.net…), 2600 cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez to be evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/internet.

    Common Collocations

    phishing scam
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