phishing

Etymology
Respelling of. In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like and.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  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.
 * 2) The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: uitvissing
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 釣魚法, 釣魚欺詐, 網釣法, 釣魚式攻擊, 網絡網釣
 * Mandarin: 釣魚法, 釣魚欺詐, 網釣法,, 網絡網釣, 網路網釣
 * Czech: ,
 * Esperanto: rettrompado
 * Finnish: verkkourkinta, tietojen kalastelu; khalastelu ; phishing
 * French:
 * Georgian: თაღლითობა, ფიშინგი
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: fioscaireacht
 * Japanese: フィッシング詐欺
 * Maori: hītinihanga, hītinihanga
 * Persian: فیشینگ
 * Polish: wyłudzanie danych
 * Portuguese: phishing
 * Romanian: înșelăciune electronică
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Welsh: gwe-rwydo

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Noun

 * 1) phishing

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Noun

 * 1)   the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation

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