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phish email

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ID 737737 Last modified 29.06.2020
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Domain security
õngitsuskiri
phishing email
phishing e-mail
phish email
  • e-kiri, mille abil püütakse kirja saajalt välja petta isiklikke või tundlikke andmeid, näiteks kasutajanimesid, paroole ja krediitkaardiandmeid, internetipettuse üks viise
  • (an email that requests) confidential information over the Internet under false pretenses in order to fraudulently obtain credit card numbers, passwords, or other personal data
õngitsuskiri
Usage examples
  • Samas langevad kasutajad jätkuvalt tihti õngitsuskirjade kaudu kasutajaandmete varguse ohvriks. Valesse kohta sisestatud paroolid viisid tihtipeale uute küberintsidentideni, nagu järgmiste õngitsuskirjade väljasaatmine, finantspettused ja pahavara levitamine.
andmepüügikiri
phishing email
Usage examples
  • Phishing email will typically direct the user to visit a website where they are asked to update personal information, such as a password, credit card, social security, or bank account numbers, that the legitimate organization already has.
  • Keep an eye out for spelling and grammatical mistakes. If an email includes spelling, punctuation and/or grammar errors, it could be a phishing email.
Good to know
  • "phishing" - from "fishing" in the sense of catching the unwary by offering bait; computer-hacker slang often replaces "f" with "ph"
phishing e-mail
phish email
Usage examples
  • Phish emails often convey a sense of urgency to the recipient to take an action described in the email.
phish
Usage examples
  • For instance, the use of phish as a noun to refer to the e-mail which tricks the victim is related to the idea of fish as 'bait'.

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