New jargon?

[Wilson Gray]

>From today's NYT:

The tactic of aiming at the rich and powerful with an online scam is
referred to by computer security experts as "_whaling_". The term is a
play on "_phishing_", an approach that usually involves tricking
e-mail users — in this case the big fish — into divulging personal
information like credit card numbers.  _Phishing attacks that are
directed at a particular person_, rather than blasted out to millions,
are also known as "_spear-phishing_".

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/16/technology/16whale.html?_r=1&nl=tech&emc=techa1&oref=slogin


-Wilson
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