phisherman
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From phisher + -man, modeled on fisherman.
Noun
[edit]phisherman (plural phishermen)
- (computing, Internet) The criminal performing phishing attacks.
- 2010, Ross J. Anderson, Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems[1]:
- Thus if he mistakenly enters his Citibank password into a phishing site, the phisherman gets a different password and cannot use it to impersonate him.