Definition of "spearphishing" []

• Phishing against a small group of selected targets who are more likely to be attracted (noun)

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• "Zero-day attacks enabled by the vulnerability could be used for "spearphishing" -- phishing targeted at a select pool of victims, according to antivirus vendor Symantec, which discovered the threat."
• ""spearphishing" -- a tactic in which criminals profile specific users and often design customized e-mails to steal corporate or government secrets."
• "Even seemingly innocuous information about companies is swiped for "spearphishing" attacks in which hackers dupe influential employees into downloading malicious computer codes into company networks."