How to Use phishing in a Sentence

phishing

noun
  • That is often a sign of mass phishing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • The most effective method was to send an email with a phishing link.
    — Brooke Crothers, Fox News, 19 Apr. 2018
  • This can also alert you to any phishing emails or ransomware scams.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • This can also alert you of any phishing emails or ransomware scams.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Fox News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • This can also alert you of any phishing emails or ransomware scams.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 8 June 2024
  • Watch out for this clever phishing campaign that might hit your inbox.
    — Brian Barrett, WIRED, 12 July 2019
  • Beware of phishing, and keep your eyes on messages from friends.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • Quishing is short for QR code phishing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • They are also sent fake phishing emails to test their wariness of hackers.
    — New York Times, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Old-school phishing emails were easy to spot because of typos and bad grammar.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Email phishing involves the use of emails as baits to steal card numbers and passwords.
    — Faustine Ngila, Quartz, 16 June 2022
  • If the app and password prompt close, the prompt was likely a phishing attempt.
    — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The incident is reminder to be on guard against phishing scams.
    — Michael Kan, PCMAG, 4 Apr. 2022
  • Also be aware that scammers are trying to get in on the act as well, with a new phishing scam.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 14 July 2019
  • These phishing scams are among the most common internet crimes.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • So, there is no surprise that there is a steep rise in voice phishing, which is also known as vishing.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • For most of us, the typical phishing scam starts with an urgent text or email from what looks like your bank.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 2 Feb. 2024
  • So get up to speed on how to recognize phishing and smishing attacks.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Microsoft did not respond to questions about why the posts had been flagged as phishing.
    — Russell Brandom, The Verge, 9 Aug. 2018
  • The chairman said the attack might have begun as a phishing attempt.
    — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Most phishing attacks take a user directly to a fake domain, which is more easy to spot.
    — Anthony Cuthbertson, Newsweek, 4 May 2017
  • Many threat actors behind the job post phishing schemes have a long history of online crimes.
    — Kim Key, PCMAG, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Make sure to educate employees about the risks to watch for, such as phishing and malware.
    — Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • Passkeys introduce a new sign-in method that is end-to-end encrypted and safe from phishing and data leaks.
    — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 24 June 2022
  • These types of scams are types of phishing, the Better Business Breau said.
    — Sarah Brookbank, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The phishing scams, which cost vacation rental customers thousands of dollars, have been among the worst.
    — Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2019
  • Sure, Dameff said, there are plenty of very good ways to make phishing attacks less likely to succeed.
    — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2021
  • A lot of that focus on phishing is just security awareness.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • That makes a fake Windows update page far more believable than a generic phishing email.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This approach works well against conventional phishing, spam, and known exploits.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2025

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'phishing.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: