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phishing

Definitions:

  A technique for attempting to acquire sensitive data, such as bank account numbers, through a fraudulent solicitation in email or on a web site, in which the perpetrator masquerades as a legitimate business or reputable person.
Sources:
CNSSI 4009-2015 from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2
NIST SP 800-12 Rev. 1 under Phishing from IETF RFC 4949 Ver 2

  Tricking individuals into disclosing sensitive personal information through deceptive computer-based means.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-150 under Phishing from NIST SP 800-88 Rev. 1
NIST SP 800-45 Version 2 under Phishing
NIST SP 800-83 Rev. 1 under Phishing

  A digital form of social engineering that uses authentic-looking—but bogus—e-mails to request information from users or direct them to a fake Web site that requests information.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-115 under Phishing

  Using social engineering techniques to trick users into accessing a fake Web site and divulging personal information.
Sources:
NIST SP 800-44 Version 2 under Phishing

  An attack in which the Subscriber is lured (usually through an email) to interact with a counterfeit Verifier/RP and tricked into revealing information that can be used to masquerade as that Subscriber to the real Verifier/RP.
Sources:
NIST SP 1800-21B under Phishing from NIST SP 800-63-3
NIST SP 800-63-3 under Phishing

  An attack in which the subscriber is lured (usually through an email) to interact with a counterfeit verifier or relying party and tricked into revealing information that can be used to masquerade as that subscriber to the real verifier or relying party.
Sources:
NIST SP 1800-17b under Phishing

  Tricking individuals into disclosing sensitive personal information by claiming to be a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication (e.g., internet web sites).
Sources:
NIST SP 800-82r3