Phishing is a portmanteau of "phreaking and fishing". "Phreaking", another kind of scam, is in turn a portmanteau of "phone" and "freaking".
A Fishing attempt as opposed to a Phishing attempt is when someone tries to catch a fish.
The term "phishing" is pronounced the same as the word "fishing". The 'ph' has an '"f" sound like phone, pharmacy, or phonetic. The "PH" stands for "Personal History" as the scammer is usually posing as a legitimate interest who needs your information.
phishing ( as in fishing for information)
Phishing - Using email or an internet site to try and trick someone into revealing secure or personal information.
A spear phishing cyber attack is a targeted email scam where attackers impersonate someone the victim knows or trusts, like a coworker or company executive. Unlike regular phishing, which is sent to many people, spear phishing is personalized to trick one specific person into clicking a malicious link or sharing sensitive information like credentials or financial data.
The compound noun is spelled fishhook (a fishing hook).
It usually doesn't do any good to report it to the bank/broker/retailer/service that is being spoofed. They do not have any staff to pursue phishing attempts. It would be great if they would set up "honeypots" to trap the criminals, but they don't. About the only thing you can do to fight phishing is to make it unprofitable by wasting the scammers' time. Go to their bogus web site and feed them entirely phony information: name, e-mail address, password, whatever. The more people who do this, the less profitable phishing becomes.
Phishing is a social engineering tactic where the attacker attempts to get a user to divulge sensitive information (like username/password, bank account number, personal information, etc.) or go to a malicious website where such information can be harvested. It uses "bait" such as telling the user that they are their bank asking for the information or posing as some other authority like the system administrator. Usually it is delivered by email or Instant Messenger. Spearphishing is a subset of phishing. Whereas general phishing targets a wide range of people trying to get some of them to divulge general information, spearphishing targets key individuals who are expected to have very special access or information that the attacker wants. It could be a company executive or a military officer. As a variation on the pun, attacks on high level executives or military officers is sometimes referred to as "whaling".
It is spelled trout. An example sentence might be, "Many people enjoy fishing for trout."
It looks like you're asking about spear fishing (the sport), not spear phishing (the cyber attack). In spear fishing (the sport), the common equipment includes: Spear gun or pole spear – to catch fish Wetsuit – for thermal protection Mask and snorkel – for underwater visibility and breathing Fins – for efficient swimming Weight belt – to help with buoyancy control Dive knife – for safety and utility Gloves and booties – for protection
It is to be spelled as Makkah
levelling