phishing

English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

Homophones: fishing

• Rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ

Noun

phishing (uncountable)

1. (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.
2. The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Synonyms

• spoofing

Translations

the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 釣魚法, 钓鱼法 (diu³ jyu⁴ faat³), 釣魚欺詐, 钓鱼欺诈 (diu³ jyu⁴ hei¹ zaa³), 網釣法, 网钓法 (mong⁵ diu³ faat³), 釣魚式攻擊, 钓鱼式攻击 (diu³ jyu⁴ sik¹ gung¹ gik¹), 網絡網釣, 网络网钓 (mong⁵ lok⁶ mong⁵ diu³)

  Mandarin: 釣魚法, 钓鱼法 (diàoyúfǎ), 釣魚欺詐, 钓鱼欺诈 (diàoyúqīzhà), 網釣法, 网钓法 (wǎngdiàofǎ), 釣魚式攻擊 (zh), 钓鱼式攻击 (zh) (diàoyúshì gōngjī, diàoyúshì gōngjí), 網絡網釣, 网络网钓 (wǎngluò wǎngdiào), 網路網釣, 网路网钓 (wǎnglù wǎngdiào)

• Esperanto: rettrompado
• Finnish: khalastelu (informal), phishing, verkkourkinta
• French: hameçonnage (fr) m
• German: Phishing (de) n
• Hungarian: adathalászat (hu)

• Indonesian: pengelabuan (id)
• Irish: fioscaireacht f
• Japanese: フィッシング詐欺 (フィッシングさぎ fisshingu sagi)
• Polish: wyłudzanie danych n
• Portuguese: phishing m
• Russian: фи́шинг (ru) m (fíšing)
• Spanish: phishing (es) m
• Swedish: nätfiske (sv) n

Related terms

• phish
• phisher
• spearphishing

Verb

phishing

1. present participle of phish

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowing from English phishing.

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

1. (computer security) phishing (the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation)

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English phishing.

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

1. (computing) phishing