phishing

See also: Phishing

English

Etymology

Respelling of fishing (“trying to find”). In Usenet newsgroups, cracker and pirate groups used variant spellings of phish and warez (i.e. wares) to evade scans and filters by mainstream servers policing the ARPAnet/Internet. Compare other respelling slang like phat and phreak.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfɪʃɪŋ/

Homophone: fishing

Rhymes: -ɪʃɪŋ

Noun

phishing (uncountable)

(computing) 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.
The act of circumventing security with an alias.

Synonyms

spoofing

Related terms

phish
phisher
spearphishing

Translations

malicious act

Chinese:
Cantonese: 釣魚法, 钓鱼法 (diu³ jyu⁴ faat³), 釣魚欺詐, 钓鱼欺诈 (diu³ jyu⁴ hei¹ zaa³), 網釣法, 网钓法 (mong⁵ diu³ faat³), 釣魚式攻擊, 钓鱼式攻击 (diu³ jyu⁴ sik¹ gung¹ gik¹), 網絡網釣, 网络网钓 (mong⁵ lok⁶ mong⁵ diu³)
Mandarin: 釣魚法／钓鱼法 (diàoyúfǎ), 釣魚欺詐／钓鱼欺诈 (diàoyúqīzhà), 網釣法／网钓法 (wǎngdiàofǎ), 釣魚式攻擊／钓鱼式攻击 (zh) (diàoyúshì gōngjī, diàoyúshì gōngjí), 網絡網釣／网络网钓 (wǎngluò wǎngdiào), 網路網釣／网路网钓 (wǎnglù wǎngdiào)
Czech: phishing (cs) n, rhybaření (cs)
Esperanto: rettrompado
Finnish: verkkourkinta, tietojen kalastelu; khalastelu (informal); phishing
French: hameçonnage (fr) m
Georgian: თაღლითობა (taɣlitoba), ფიშინგი (pišingi)
German: Phishing (de) n
Hungarian: adathalászat (hu)
Indonesian: pengelabuan (id)
Irish: fioscaireacht f
Japanese: フィッシング詐欺 (フィッシングさぎ fisshingu sagi)
Maori: hītinihanga
Persian: فیشینگ‎ (fišing)
Polish: wyłudzanie danych n
Portuguese: phishing m
Romanian: înșelăciune electronică f
Russian: фи́шинг (ru) m (fíšing)
Spanish: phishing (es) m
Swedish: nätfiske (sv) n
Welsh: gwe-rwydo m

Verb

phishing

present participle of phish

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiʃiŋ/, [ˈfiʃiŋ]

Noun

phishing

(slang) phishing

Declension

Inflection of phishing (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		phishing	phishingit
genitive		phishingin	phishingien
partitive		phishingiä	phishingejä
illative		phishingiin	phishingeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		phishing	phishingit
accusative	nom.	phishing	phishingit
accusative	gen.	phishingin	phishingit
genitive		phishingin	phishingien
partitive		phishingiä	phishingejä
inessive		phishingissä	phishingeissä
elative		phishingistä	phishingeistä
illative		phishingiin	phishingeihin
adessive		phishingillä	phishingeillä
ablative		phishingiltä	phishingeiltä
allative		phishingille	phishingeille
essive		phishinginä	phishingeinä
translative		phishingiksi	phishingeiksi
instructive		—	phishingein
abessive		phishingittä	phishingeittä
comitative		—	phishingeineen

Possessive forms of phishing (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	phishingini	phishingimme
2nd person	phishingisi	phishinginne
3rd person	phishinginsä

Synonyms

verkkourkinta
kalastelu

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃĩ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.ʃĩɡ/

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

(computer security) phishing (the act of sending email that falsely claims to be from a legitimate organisation)

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English phishing.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiʃin/ [ˈfi.ʃĩn]
Rhymes: -iʃin

Noun

phishing m (uncountable)

(computing) phishing

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.