phishing |
pretexting |
As verbs the difference between phishing and pretexting
is that
phishing is present participle of lang=en while
pretexting is present participle of lang=en.
As a noun phishing
is 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.
pretexing |
pretexting |
As verbs the difference between pretexing and pretexting
is that
pretexing is while
pretexting is .
pretexting |
pretesting |
As verbs the difference between pretexting and pretesting
is that
pretexting is while
pretesting is .