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212-82 · Question #167

Jane Is a newly appointed Chief Financial Officer at BigTech Corp. Within a week, she receives an email from a sender posing as the company's CEO. instructing her to make an urgent wire transfer. Susp

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Submitted by tyler.j· Mar 6, 2026Cloud Security Risks & Threat Mitigation

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Jane Is a newly appointed Chief Financial Officer at BigTech Corp. Within a week, she receives an email from a sender posing as the company's CEO. instructing her to make an urgent wire transfer. Suspicious. Jane decides to verify the request's authenticity. She receives another email from the same sender, now attaching a seemingly scanned Image of the CEO's handwritten note. Simultaneously, she gets a call from an 'IT support' representative, instructing her to click on the attached image to download a 'security patch'. Concerned. Jane must determine which social engineering tactics she encountered.

Options

  • ABaiting via the handwritten note image and preloading through the 'IT support' call.
  • BSpear phishing through both the emails and quizzing via the 'IT support' call.
  • CPhishing through the CEO impersonation email and baiting via the 'IT support' call.
  • DSpear phishing through the CEO impersonation email and vishing via the 'IT support' call.

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#Social Engineering#Spear Phishing#Vishing#Cyber Threats
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