nefarious

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These can include phishing or social engineering - gaining access by sending fake emails to employees who click a nefarious link which gives hackers access to a company's systems.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

As a writer who is both gay and old enough to have watched the internet explode into the nefarious monster it’s become, the way language transforms online both irks and fascinates me.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

By August, when Tzagournis’ daughter first saw it at a friend’s house, the movie about three glamorous K-pop stars doubling as brave warriors to defeat nefarious demons had become Netflix’s most-watched movie ever.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Here, siblings Mario and Luigi team with Princess Peach and Toad on an interstellar adventure and face off against the nefarious fire-breathing Bowser and his son.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

“Ah. The nefarious clutches of her fiendish fingers, is it?” he said.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman