phisher

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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. 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
Noun
  • Not everyone can be Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, but the legions of techies who lined up at SAP Center to hear his GTC keynote could at least eat like him Tuesday morning.
    Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2025
  • While the beginning of this transit was all about momentum, Mercury retrograde brings a pause, causing potential communication breakdowns, misunderstandings and even techie glitches.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Security as a Foundation, Not an Afterthought In the wake of North Korean hackers compromising Bybit’s systems, security has become the primary concern for crypto exchanges and users alike.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Musk and his hacker minions have blown into departments, demanding access to highly sensitive data in pursuit of finding waste, fraud, and abuse—often making cuts and promoting the reductions before fully understanding what was going on.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement In the seemingly inevitable future where artificial intelligence has flooded our workforce with emotionally engaged and intelligent AI agents, our overpromising technocrats offer us a consolation: AI will solve loneliness.
    Silvia Park, TIME, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Such problems would be tough enough to handle if the sanctions technocrats were still in charge.
    Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • What started back in the 1980s as a small gathering of gearheads has grown into a premier West Coast car show, drawing pristine hot rods, retro cruisers, and muscle machines from across the country—and even as far as Australia.
    Cliff Lewis, Oc Register, 4 Apr. 2025
  • Forza Horizon 5 There was a time when the Forza series was the exact sort of stuffy racing-sim that appealed to gearheads and nobody else.
    Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 15 Apr. 2025.

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