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password trap (PAS.wurd trap) n. A program or Web site that uses a legitimate-looking interface to fool users into providing their passwords.

Earliest Citation:
Windows NT even forces users to press the Ctrl-Alt-Del key combination that reboots the system before logging on, just to make sure that the password dialog box that pops up is really Windows NT and not a nefarious password trap.
—Kevin Bachus, "Windows power play," Corporate Computing, January 1993

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Subject Categories:
Computers - Hacking and Hackers
Computers - Internet

Posted on April 19, 1999 at 10:53 AM


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