vaalapüük

substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

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vaaladele peetav jaht (hrl vaalapüügilaeval)

Translations

ID 737740 Last modified 27.07.2020

Domain security

vaalapüük

whaling

whale phishing

kaalukate andmete õngitsemine ja/või petuskeem: - ründe ohvriks on „suur kala“ (tippjuht, poliitik, lavatäht) - petteteksti stiil arvestab ohvri rolli, olles näiteks ------ kliendi kaebus ------ kohtukutse ------ sisemine märgukiri

a phishing attack aimed at a high-worth individual such as a senior executive of a company

vaalapüük

whaling

Usage examples

Whaling involves longitudinal, multifaceted, highly coordinated attacks on high-value, high-status individuals, relying on precise timing and intricate details of the whale.
Whaling differs from phishing and spear phishing in that each attack varies in its focus. While whaling focuses on specific targets of interest (e.g. a C-level executive of a bank), phishing targets a mass population of users (e.g. all Gmail users) and spear-phishing targets specific groups of individuals (e.g. all individuals in the accounting depart-ment of a financial institution).

whale phishing

Usage examples

Whale phishing, or whaling, is a form of spear phishing aimed at the very big fish — CEOs or other high-value targets.

Inflection Type 22e

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