phishing
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Homophones: fishing
- Rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ
Noun[edit]
phishing (uncountable)
- (computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity and acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.
- The act of circumventing security with an alias.
Synonyms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization
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Related terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
phishing
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English phishing.
Noun[edit]
phishing m (uncountable)
- (computer security) phishing (the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from English phishing.
Noun[edit]
phishing m (uncountable)
Categories:
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Computing
- English non-lemma forms
- English present participles
- en:Computer security
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- pt:Computer security
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- es:Computing
