Email and messaging
Terms related to email and messaging, including definitions about instant messenger and words and phrases about email servers, storage, spam and mobile access.- spear phishing - Spear phishing is a malicious email spoofing attack that targets a specific organization or individual, seeking unauthorized access to sensitive information.
- spim (instant messaging spam) - Spim is spam delivered through instant messaging (IM) instead of through e-mail messaging.
- SPIT (spam over Internet telephony) - SPIT (spam over Internet telephony), sometimes known as vam (voice or VoIP spam), is unsolicited bulk messages broadcast over VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) to phones connected to the Internet.
- spoliation - Spoliation is the destruction, alteration, or mutilation of evidence that may pertain to legal action.