Phikshin 

Incredibly 1337; Unstoppable; Machine; Killer; Just owned your ass bitch!

I was just Phikshin'd
Hacker!
BS! OMFG!!

Phikshin by Anonymous October 13, 2003

phishing

Tricking an internet user into giving you his/her login name and password. Could also be used to get credit card information. Usualy an act of a lamer on AOL.

im a worthless idiot trying to trick nooBs in to giving me there password because im an idiot.

phishing by gridlock January 26, 2004

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"

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

phrikshin 

adjective; stupid fucking cunt

that b.garner is a phrikshin

phrikshin by daniel December 6, 2004

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.

This is a clever phish attempt by a couple of hooligans.

phishing by Oliver Clevont August 8, 2004