noun
- a person who engages in phishing; someone who sends fraudulent emails or messages to trick people into revealing personal or financial information
Usage: informal; cybersecurity term
Examples
- The phisher sent fake bank emails to thousands of customers.
- Cybersecurity experts are working to catch the phisher behind the recent data breach.
- A phisher may impersonate a trusted company to steal login credentials.
- The email was clearly from a phisher trying to access my account.
- Banks warn customers about phishers who pose as customer service representatives.