Look up: PHISHING


  1. Phishing
    Attempt to steal someone's identity, details ...
    Found op http://www.cryer.co.uk/glossary/p/index.htm

  2. Phishing
    The practice of trying to induce people to reveal personal details via email by pretending to be a legitimate company such as a bank. Any details such as bank account numbers and passwords obtained by this method are usually used to commit fraud
    Found op http://www.moneypedia.co.uk/indexP.html

  3. Phishing
    Term used to describe the use of bogus e-mails and websites to trick the user into supplying confidential or personal information such as bank account numbers, PINs or passwords.
    Found op http://www.bgateway.com/bdotg/action/glossaryAtoZ?alphaKey=P&site=202&categ

  4. Phishing
    The use of bogus email and fake websites to steal user names, passwords and other information connected to online identities in order to commit fraud.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  5. phishing
    (from the article `Computers and Information Systems`) ...theft who had been caught recounted the ease with which they cashed in on stolen information. Thieves typically stole identity information when it ... ...from engaging in malicious behaviour (such as creating Internet viruses and worms) to se...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/58

  6. phishing
    (security) ('brand spoofing', 'carding', after 'fishing') /fishing/ Sending e-mail that claims to be from some well-known organisation, e.g. a bank, to trick the recipient into revealing information for use in identity theft. The user is told to visit a web site where they are asked to enter inform...
    Found op http://foldoc.org/phishing

  7. Phishing
    Phishing is a way of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Communications purporting to be from popular social web sites, auction sites, online payment processors or IT administ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

  8. phishing
    Phishers lure unsuspecting visitors to fake Web sites that look like those of legitimate organisations. The aim is to persuade people to give their passwords and credit-card information, which the thief can then exploit. Among the firms to be targeted in this year`s wave of attacks was PayPal; authe...
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=18953

  9. phishing
    Phishing is derived from `fishing”-a social engineering attack attempting to trick users into revealing personal information like passwords and credit card numbers. E-mails masquerading as official messages from banks are typical tools used by phishers. Phishing scams hooked unwary Internet u...
    Found op http://www.oenb.at/dictionary/termini.jsp?EINTRAG_ID=18953

  10. Phishing
    This is when a criminal uses the internet to try to fraudulently obtain details of peoples accounts so that they can use these accounts themselves, usually to take money out of.
    Found op http://www.banking-guide.org.uk/glossary.html

  11. Phishing
    Spoofing an e-mail in an attempt to falsely solicit information from a user for either profit or identity
    Found op http://www.majorgeeks.com/glossary.php?id=16

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