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单词 phishing
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Definition of phishing in English:

phishing

noun ˈfɪʃɪŋˈfɪʃɪŋ
mass noun
  • The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

    as modifier an email that is likely a phishing scam
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The idea, similar to the way some have tried to stop spam, is that people can easily report a site that is designed for phishing, and it goes into the communal database.
    • To avoid being a victim of phishing, never respond to e-mail requests for personal information, no matter how official the message looks.
    • The modern era of phishing is exemplified by emails messages from Nigerians posing as business partners trying to move money out of the African country.
    • The second issue I have is that the most common attacks today collect passwords through phishing.
    • Now I'm seeing a lot more phishing: spam that purports to be from Paypal, Amazon, your bank or, hey, any bank at all.

Derivatives

  • phisher

  • noun
    • At first phishing consisted only of a social engineering scam in which phishers spammed consumer e-mail accounts with letters ostensibly from banks.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Anyone operating on behalf of a known spammer or phisher would receive the same punishment.
      • The requirements were partially a reflection of the threat landscape of more than two years ago, which was dominated by phishers.
      • All known spammers or phishers would, where identified, be banned from the system for five years or life.
      • Meanwhile, the phishers will reel in even more victims.

Origin

1990s: respelling of fishing, on the pattern of phreak.

 
 

Definition of phishing in US English:

phishing

nounˈfiSHiNGˈfɪʃɪŋ
  • The fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

    as modifier an email that is likely a phishing scam
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The idea, similar to the way some have tried to stop spam, is that people can easily report a site that is designed for phishing, and it goes into the communal database.
    • To avoid being a victim of phishing, never respond to e-mail requests for personal information, no matter how official the message looks.
    • The modern era of phishing is exemplified by emails messages from Nigerians posing as business partners trying to move money out of the African country.
    • Now I'm seeing a lot more phishing: spam that purports to be from Paypal, Amazon, your bank or, hey, any bank at all.
    • The second issue I have is that the most common attacks today collect passwords through phishing.

Origin

1990s: respelling of fishing, on the pattern of phreak.

 
 
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