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Which two types of attack are categorized as social engineering? (Choose two.)
The correct answer is D. pharming E. phishing. Pharming is like phishing in that it is a threat that tricks users into divulging private information, but instead of relying on email as the attack vector, pharming uses malicious code executed on the victim’s device to redirect to an attacker-controlled website. Because pharmin
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Which two types of attack are categorized as social engineering? (Choose two.)
Options
- Aphoning
- Bmalvertising
- Cprobing
- Dpharming
- Ephishing
How the community answered
(18 responses)- B6% (1)
- C6% (1)
- D89% (16)
Explanation
Pharming is like phishing in that it is a threat that tricks users into divulging private information, but instead of relying on email as the attack vector, pharming uses malicious code executed on the victim’s device to redirect to an attacker-controlled website. Because pharming runs code on the victim’s computer, the attacker does not rely on the targeted user clicking a link or replying to an email. Instead, the malicious code directs the targeted user to the attacker’s website, eliminating the extra step of a user clicking a link.
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