Synonyms for phishing
phish·ing

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1. phishingnoun

   Synonyms:
   spoofing

2. phishingnoun

   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.

   Synonyms:
   spoofing

3. phishingnoun

   The act of circumventing security with an alias.

   Synonyms:
   spoofing

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1. List of paraphrases for "phishing":

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1. Evan Reiser:

   When the first stimulus payments were released in April 2020, scammers launched a phishing campaign that impersonated the IRS, claiming that stimulus checks would be withheld unless the recipient updated their address information.

2. Jonathan Penn:

   Narang said. Other tips to keep in mind are keeping software and security patches up to date, using strong passwords, creating a different password for every website, and using two-factor authentication when possible, according to Narang. And, of course, never give out any personal information via email, social media platforms, text messages or instant messages, Narang said. Users should also enable your email provider’s spam/phishing filters and clicking on unknown links is a bad idea. Don’t even click on links, even from family or friends, if the email lacks any context or truly personal message that [would] indicate it’s real.

3. Jeff Dennis:

   It would be very hard, as a user, to see through some sort of phishing campaign when they're using information that you thought was very private to you, such as information that would be found on Facebook in your bio section, particularly, when you combine it with location information, you can see how bad guys would start to use this information in a very sinister but effective way.

4. Evan Reiser:

   We’ve seen these attacks play out before, when the first stimulus payments were released in April 2020, scammers launched a phishing campaign that impersonated the IRS, claiming that stimulus checks would be withheld unless the recipient updated their address information.

5. Charles Carmakal:

   We don't see any evidence of phishing for the employee whose credentials were used. We have not seen any other evidence of attacker activity before April 29.