Phish definition

Phish means the act of sending an electronic mail or message over the internet to a user in an attempt to mislead the user into surrendering private information for any purpose other than the purpose disclosed to the user by the sender of the e-mail or message.

Examples of Phish in a sentence

  • If the email looks suspicious, please do not click links or open attachments and forward the email to ▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ or click the Phish Alert Button if available.

  • The County conducts email Phish testing on a regular basis to expose account holders to the types of potential threats.

  • Additionally, all staff have received IT-related certificates from the U.S. Department of Education, including Cybersecurity and Privacy Awareness, Catching the Phish (email phishing scams), and Ransomware 2019.

  • If the email looks suspicious, please do not click links or open attachments and forward the email to ▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇ <mailto:▇▇▇@▇▇▇▇.▇▇▇> or click the Phish Alert Button if available.

  • Phishing submissions forwarded through from the Microsoft Phish Alert Button will be alerted upon and an established CHF process will be followed to triage and classify phish alerts.

  • Anyone who knew him, knew his love for the band Phish! He attended many of their live con- certs and considered himself a true Phishhead.