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Verifier Impersonation

Abbreviations / Acronyms / Synonyms:

phishing

Definitions:

  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 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 800-63-4 [

  

] under phishing