phishing
Speech parts
1. phishing - Noun
2. phishing - Verb
Meaning
(computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
The act of circumventing security with an alias.
phishing
present participle of phish
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
The Spy Act prohibits keystroke logging, hijacking, and phishing.
According to Google, 68% of phishing attempts have never been seen before, and the average phishing campaign lasts only 12 minutes.
And the tainted Word file that had been downloaded from phishing emails to initially infect the Olympic systems had strong similarities to documents that had been used to attack Ukrainian LGBT groups the previous year—a fairly obvious Russian target.
A senior Puerto Ricon official said Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020, that the island's government has lost more than $2.6 million after falling for an email phishing scam.
Attacks aimed at disrupting the election are usually run subtly, by using campaigns to bait victims into phishing scams.
An image of a phishing website.