spear-phishing
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The Harris camp said last week it had been the target of an unsuccessful spear-phishing attack.
From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024
Searching for and processing raw data also exposes them to potential cyber incidents, including spear-phishing attacks and malware infection.
From Scientific American • May 8, 2023
In its earlier post-mortem, it blamed “advanced spear-phishing attacks” that compromised an employee who no longer worked at Sky Mavis — but it didn’t explain the exact mechanism of the hack.
From The Verge • Jul. 6, 2022
They employ code words understandable to those who read their reports, but which need translation for a public that is struggling to comprehend spear-phishing and ransomware and cannot agree on what constitutes disinformation.
From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2020
CrowdStrike shared images of the spear-phishing emails with the AP.
From Washington Times • Jun. 23, 2019
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