An email pretending to come from a bank asks a user for login details. That attack is:
APhishing
BPatching
CPairing
DPinging
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Phishing
1. The attacker impersonates a trusted entity in a message.
2. The goal is to have the victim hand over credentials.
3. That is phishing.
_Source: OpenStax Foundations of Information Systems, Chapter 5, Information Systems Security Risk Management._
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