phishing

Meaning of phishing

verb

To engage in phishing.

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

Information about phishing

Hyphenation of phishing

phish-ing

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • phishing is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

phishing synonyms

Meaning :

spoofing

Translation of phishing

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