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Twishing
Last modified: Thursday, September 03, 2009
(twish´ing) (n.) Twishing is the act of sending a message to a
Twitter user in an
attempt to obtain his or her name and
password. The
message may instruct the recipient to visit a Web site
where he or she is asked to log in. The Web site, however, is bogus and set up
only to steal the user's information.
Twishing is a combination of the words Twitter and phishing.
The idea is that bait is given out – the concept behind the term
phishing – to Twitter users with the hopes that
while most will ignore the bait, a small percentage will be tricked into
revealing their user names and passwords. Twishing may also be seen written in
lowercase as twishing.
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