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Spear-phishing
The targeted version of phishing where hackers go after individuals as opposed to going after a large group by pretending to be a trusted corporation/company/group through some form of electronic communication.
"Did you hear about that CEO?"
"Yeah, I heard some hacker was spear-phishing him and he lost his emails"
"Yeah, I heard some hacker was spear-phishing him and he lost his emails"
Spear-phishing by Leprekan45 January 25, 2010
phishing
Scamming method used to ellicit information from "uninformed" computer users through impersonation of trusted sources.
Joe got an e-mail from eBay saying he needed to enter his username and password at the link provided to verify his account information. It later turns out he was a victim of phishing.
phishing by Easy_Target February 19, 2005
data phishing
To start with a small piece of data which you use to find a bigger piece of data, similar to using a minnow to catch a mackerel in 'actual' fishing.
Someone used my Social Insurance number for data phishing and now i have a bunch of bogus credit card charges in my name.
data phishing by Ryan W July 28, 2008
phishing
The act of setting up a fake store front that looks like the real one to trick people; usually to steal their personal information.
The word was named after Brien Phish who set up a credit card scam in the 1980s over the phone by pretending to be from the credit card company.
The word was named after Brien Phish who set up a credit card scam in the 1980s over the phone by pretending to be from the credit card company.
phishing by Oliver Clevont August 8, 2004