What does Phishing mean..???

Question

My security system sent me an alert that it had blocked an attempt to "phish " my system...what does this mean?

Answer 1

means someone lost their dictionary...it's spelled fishing and you have to put a worm on the hook to catch any...

seriously...it's badasses trying to get your info for crooked use of your ID and credit

Answer 2

In computing, phishing is a criminal activity using social engineering techniques.Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. eBay and PayPal are two of the most targeted companies, and online banks are also common targets. Phishing is typically carried out by email or instant messaging, and often directs users to give details at a website, although phone contact has been used as well. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidents include legislation, user training, and technical measures!...

Answer 3

In the field of computer security, phishing is the criminally fraudulent process of attempting to acquire sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Phishing is an e-mail fraud method in which the perpetrator sends out legitimate-looking email in an attempt to gather personal and financial information from recipients. The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

Answer 4

Phishing is when a website or an email attempts to get private information from you and your computer. Most commonly, "phishing" means to send out an email that looks like a communication from a bank, government agency, retail store, etc, telling you that personal information is needed to verify your identity, and to just click on this link to enter it. When you click on the link, you go to a web page that has hidden code to pull information from your computer.

Ironically, many phishing emails claim to be verifications of your identity to prevent identity theft, when they're actually trying to steal data that can assist someone in stealing your identity.

Answer 5

Phishing is a new method for some hackers they try to hack the system being catch some data during retrieving them on the server site.

don't worry, yahoo has a strong system to hack :-)

Answer 6

Ok you got your real answer so i will give you my description;
When you go Phishing you will Phind lots of potential Phood to eat if you Phorce a Phrog onto a hook and catch a Phish,inevitably......

Answer 7

Phishing when another site tries to take over your web browser etc. and obtain info happens a lot

Answer 8

Phishing is an e-mail fraud scam conducted for the purposes of information or identity theft.

Answer 9

phish your system means ; a E-mail scam or another web-sites try to get your personal information or to mess with you, or steal your identity; your bank cards number , account's and other credit cards numbers.

Answer 10

Here's the definition.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing

Answer 11

It's a means of users acquiring your information on line. They are attempting to get at you bank and credit information.