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)

Wikipedia

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)
• Irish: fioscaireacht f
• Japanese: フィッシング詐欺 ‎(フィッシングさぎ fisshingu sagi)
• 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