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spear-phishing

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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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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The Republican's campaign was reportedly sent a spear-phishing email – a message designed to look trustworthy in order to get the target to click on a malicious link.

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Britain’s Foreign Office, in a statement released on Thursday, said a group “almost certainly†linked to the Russian intelligence service engaged in sustained cyberespionage operations, including attacks that targeted lawmakers from across the political spectrum using spear-phishing attacks, or malicious emails, beginning as early as 2015.

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Crafty Emails GPT drafted such a spear-phishing email, warning a fictional company executive of a data risk and encouraging them to download a booby-trapped file.

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The Kimsuky hackers has long used “spear-phishing†emails that trick targets into giving up passwords or clicking attachments or links that load malware, according to researchers.

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