Phishing
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Phishing is a form of social engineering and a scam where attackers deceive people into revealing sensitive information or installing malware such as viruses, worms, adware, or ransomware. Phishing at
A fake virus notification
Frame of an animation by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission intended to educate citizens about phishing tactics
AOHell
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AOHell was a Windows application that was used to simplify 'cracking' using AOL. The program contained a very early use of the term phishing. It was created by a teenager under the pseudonym Da Chroni
Phishing
…automated, and hyper-targeted phishing campaigns at an unprecedented scale. The term "phishing" was first recorded in 1995 in the cracking toolkit AOHell, but may have been used earlier in the hacker magazine 2600. It is a variation of fishing and refers to the use of lures to "fish" for sensitive…
Screenshot of AO Hell