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Recent Examples of phisher
Microsoft To ensure that the TOTP is entered within the time limit (usually about 30 seconds), the phishers use bots based on Telegram or other real-time messengers that automatically enter credentials quickly.
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Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2023
Since the phishers logging in to the employee account are miles or continents away from the authenticating device, the 2FA fails.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
This means that a phisher online can't simply trick someone into handing over their password, or even a password plus a second-factor code, to break into a digital account.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
The most important defense is remaining humble and not falling into the mindset that we would never get pulled in by a phisher.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022
Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2023
Since the phishers logging in to the employee account are miles or continents away from the authenticating device, the 2FA fails.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
This means that a phisher online can't simply trick someone into handing over their password, or even a password plus a second-factor code, to break into a digital account.
—Lily Hay Newman, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2022
The most important defense is remaining humble and not falling into the mindset that we would never get pulled in by a phisher.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 11 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for phisher
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Part of the point of the poll was to undermine the notion that only young techie men buy cryptocurrency.Brady Dale, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024
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Sleep no more after witnessing the terror on display in this chilling block of purely scary horror, complete with Ouija board mishaps, techie ghouls, and cult rituals gone awry.Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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That way, your antivirus software can detect threats in real-time, and a hacker would have to gain access to your phone and your Mac to execute any transactions.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Photograph: NurPhoto/Getty Images For much of this summer, a mysterious group of hackers carried out a landmark spree of major data breaches, all targeting customers of the cloud data storage company Snowflake.Matt Burgess, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
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Hoover had proven during his term to be a technocrat utterly without political skills.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
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Bruno is a classic technocrat, calm and, yes, judicious, untroubled by doubt or other emotions.Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
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Resident best American screen teen Hailee Steinfeld plays Charlie Watson, an 18-year-old gearhead who just wants a car of her own — and who misses her deceased father terribly.Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2024
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That sort of vintage feature really plays to Leica gearheads, who likely won’t mind shelling out for the modern piece of Leica history.Tori Latham, Robb Report, 25 Oct. 2024
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After thwarting an attack against the celebrated technophile, Franklin picks up a mysterious ring that Burrell has dropped and soon discovers the ring allows its possessor to travel 57 seconds into the past.Carole Horst, Variety, 22 May 2022
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People use the terms gearhead, geek, technocrat, and technophile interchangeably.Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2022
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“Phisher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phisher. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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