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January 6, 2012 Create or Manage Your Profile Webopedia Daily obfuscated URL Also called a hyperlink trick, an obfuscated URL is a type of attack where the real URL that a user is directed to is obfuscated - or concealed - to encourage the user to click-through to the spoof Web site. For example, the attacker may use a cleverly misspelled domain name (e.g. PayPals.com instead of PayPal.com), or hide the actual URL in friendly text, such as "click here to verify your account now". Obfuscated URLs are commonly used in phishing attacks and other spam e-mails. See also image spam. Also see the All About Phishing page in the Did You Know? section of Webopedia. Previous Terms-of-the-Day Term of the Day Google Gadget  Term of the Day on Twitter  Video White Paper: Stop Babysitting Your Applications Sponsored by UC4 Most applications, databases, and tools still rely heavily on background (batch) processing to support their intended outcomes or maintenance. Over 50% of all application processing still occurs in IT operations using background processing. This video discusses how application automation provides your organization standardized, stable, and repeatable integrations to any new application, database, or tool that is introduced. Click Here >>    Video White Paper: Stop Babysitting Your Applications    Critical IT Security Protection--Build, Monitor and Defend Your Company    The Social CRM Playbook    White Paper: Mission-Critical Java    8 Must-Have Data storage Technologies for the Data Center Job Title: SAP Functional / ERP Specialist SD Company: Intellex Consulting Services, Inc Location: US-NJ-Marlton Webopedia is on Facebook, Let's connect! Webopedia is on Facebook, are you? Let's connect! Join more than 5,000 Webopedia fans on Facebook and interact with the site's editors, post messages on the "Webopedia Wall," plus add comments on term definitions, articles, discuss technology and even suggest topics for inclusion in Webopedia. You are subscribed to an ITBusinessEdge.com newsletter as ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To unsubscribe from this newsletter, please click here. If you wish to be removed from all of our future emails, please click here. To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: ITBusinessEdge a property of QuinStreet, Inc. Attn: Newsletter Subscription Dept. 950 Tower Lane, 6th Floor Foster City, CA 94404 Please include the email address which you have been contacted with.