phishing

English - Turkish

Definition of phishing in English Turkish dictionary

Şifre çalmak

Related Terms

phishing scam

Bkz. phishing

spoofing

yanıltma sinyali

spoofing

sahte e-posta

spoofing

parodi

spoofing

yaniltma sinyali

English - English

Definition of phishing in English English dictionary

The act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organization. This is usually combined with a threat or request for information: for example, that an account will close, a balance is due, or information is missing from an account. The email will ask the recipient to supply confidential information, such as bank account details, PINs or passwords; these details are then used by the owners of the website to conduct fraud

The act of circumventing security with an alias

Present participle of phish

(Bilgisayar) Phishing is a form of fraud designed specifically to steal your identity

Can also mean to circumvent security with an alias

{i} act of attempting to dishonestly acquire sensitive personal information through deception; duplication of a Web page that already exists in order to trick and entice users into giving private or financial particulars or their password (Internet)

spoofing

Related Terms

Voice phishing

The criminal practice of using social engineering over the telephone system, most often using features facilitated by Voice over IP (VoIP), to gain access to private personal and financial information from the public for the purpose of financial reward

Synonyms

spoofing

Etymology

() Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In the UseNet News Groups (alt.net…), 2600 cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez to be evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/internet.

Common Collocations

phishing scam