Phishing Examples?
5.6BRAINROT SCOREPhishing A scam in which attackers pose as a trusted sender to trick people into opening harmful links or attachments or handing over private data such as passwords. It usually arrives as an email, text, social media message or phone call.
Origin:Wikipedia links the word to the earlier term phreaking, reports attacks aimed at AOL account details from 1995, and finds the word in writing by March 1997; the AOHell tool of 1994 let users pose as AOL staff and ask for passwords. CISA's guidance lists common warning signs: pressure to act at once, requests for personal or financial data, and links or addresses that are slightly wrong.
First Seen:1995-1997 (AOL account attacks; the word in writing by March 1997)
Peak Era:1990s-2020s
Aura Impact:+1 Aura (Using It Correctly In Context)
EXAMPLE USAGE
""That urgent message about a locked account is phishing: go to the official site yourself instead of clicking.""
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