Definitions For Phishing

Verb

{{present participle of, en, phish, nocat=1}}

Noun

PHISHING (uncountable) (computing) The malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerade, masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Synonyms

spoofing

Related terms

phish phisher spearphishing

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 釣魚法, sc=Hani}}, 钓鱼法 (diu3 jyu4 faat3, sc=Hani), 釣魚欺詐, sc=Hani, 钓鱼欺诈 (diu3 jyu4 hei1 zaa3, sc=Hani), 網釣法, sc=Hani, 网钓法 (mong5 diu3 faat3, sc=Hani), 釣魚式攻擊, sc=Hani, 钓鱼式攻击 (diu3 jyu4 sik1 gung1 gik1, sc=Hani), 網絡網釣, sc=Hani, {{t, yue, 网络网钓 (mong5 lok6 mong5 diu3, sc=Hani) : Mandarin: 釣魚法, sc=Hani}}, 钓鱼法 (diàoyúfǎ, sc=Hani), 釣魚欺詐, sc=Hani, 钓鱼欺诈 (diàoyúqīzhà, sc=Hani), 網釣法, sc=Hani, 网钓法 (wǎngdiàofǎ, sc=Hani), 釣魚式攻擊, sc=Hani, {{t+, cmn, 钓鱼式攻击, tr=diàoyúshì gōngjī, diàoyúshì gōngjí, sc=Hani, 網絡網釣, sc=Hani}}, 网络网钓 (wǎngluò wǎngdiào, sc=Hani), 網路網釣, sc=Hani, {{t, cmn, 网路网钓 (wǎnglù wǎngdiào, sc=Hani) Czech: phishing, n, rhybaření Esperanto: rettrompado Finnish: verkkourkinta, tietojen kalastelu; khalastelu {{qualifier, informal}}; phishing French: hameçonnage, m Georgian: თაღლითობა, ფიშინგი German: Phishing, n Hungarian: adathalászat Indonesian: pengelabuan Irish: fioscaireacht, f Japanese: フィッシング詐欺 (フィッシングさぎ fisshingu sagi) Maori: hītinihanga Polish: wyłudzanie danych, n Portuguese: phishing, m Russian: фи́шинг, m Spanish: phishing, m Swedish: nätfiske, n Welsh: gwe-rwydo, m

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.

Is Phishing a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
18

The word Phishing is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

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