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Week 3: Malware

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This tree diagram shows the etymology of the term 'phishing' in the English language. Text beneath the diagram reads '1970s: alteration of freak (perhaps punning on free call), with the change from f- to ph- apparently by association with phone. 1990s: respelling of fishing, on the pattern of phreak.'

 2.2 Phishing