phishing |
havking |
Havking is likely misspelled.
Havking has no English definition.
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.
As a verb phishing
is present participle of lang=en.
hacking |
phishing |
In computing terms the difference between hacking and phishing
is that
hacking is unauthorized attempts to bypass the security mechanisms of an information system or network. See also cracker while
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.
As an adjective hacking
is short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky.
phishing |
vishing |
As nouns the difference between phishing and vishing
is that
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 while
vishing is a form of phishing using a telephone call to the prospective victim.
As a verb phishing
is present participle of lang=en.
phishing |
antiphishing |
As a noun phishing
is (computing) 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.
As a verb phishing
is .
As an adjective antiphishing is
opposing or countering phishing.
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