spear-phishing

British  

noun

1. the practice of sending fraudulent e-mails to extract financial data from computer users for purposes of identity theft, by mimicking a sender that the recipient knows

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Example Sentences

Tech companies like Twitter, now X, have been attacked via spear-phishing in the past.

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Spear-phishing usually differs from typical phishing attacks by being more focused, as opposed to the quantity of targets a usual phishing message will be sent to.

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Messages in spear-phishing can be more personalised, in an attempt to trick the victim into believing it is from a genuine contact.

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Staff spotted a suspicious invitation to a meeting earlier on Friday and realised it was "spear-phishing" - which impersonates a trusted source.

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The Harris camp said last week it had been the target of an unsuccessful spear-phishing attack.

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