220-1002 · Question #181
Users notify the help desk of an email that was just received. The email came from the help desk's email address and asked the users to click on an embedded link. This email is BEST described as:
The correct answer is D. spoofing. Spoofing is the act of forging the sender's email address to make a message appear to originate from a trusted or known source - in this case, the help desk's own address. The defining characteristic here is that the email falsely claims to come from the help desk, which is…
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Users notify the help desk of an email that was just received. The email came from the help desk's email address and asked the users to click on an embedded link. This email is BEST described as:
Options
- Aphishing.
- Bzombie.
- Cwhaling.
- Dspoofing.
How the community answered
(29 responses)- A7% (2)
- B3% (1)
- C3% (1)
- D86% (25)
Explanation
Spoofing is the act of forging the sender's email address to make a message appear to originate from a trusted or known source - in this case, the help desk's own address. The defining characteristic here is that the email falsely claims to come from the help desk, which is classic email spoofing. While the embedded link also makes this a phishing attempt, the question emphasizes the forged origin address as the key behavior, making spoofing the most precise answer. Whaling targets high-level executives specifically, and a zombie is a compromised machine in a botnet.
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