Phenix, VA. Phenix is located close to the center of Virginia. Phenix is part of Charlotte County. Phenix has 1.15 square miles of land area and has no water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Phenix population is 275, which has grown 37.50% since 2000.
Phishing, also referred to as brand spoofing or carding, is a variation on fishing, the idea being that bait is thrown out with the hopes that while most will ignore the bait, some will be tempted into biting. Other forms: phish (v.). PREVIOUSphase change memory.
Related Terms. Short for SMS Phishing, smishing is a variant of phishing email scams that instead utilizes Short Message Service (SMS) systems to send bogus text messages. Also written as SMiShing, SMS phishing made recent headlines when a vulnerability in the iPhone's SMS text messaging system was discovered that made smishing on the mobile device possible.