A user receives the following email message: - From: IT Department - To: Joe User - Subject: Email quota exceeded. Your mailbox has reached the maximum size. Your account will be suspended unless…

The correct answer is A. Phishing. Phishing is a social engineering attack delivered via email (or other messages) that tricks users into revealing credentials or sensitive information by impersonating a trusted entity. The email creates urgency ('your account will be suspended') and requests a username and…

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A user receives the following email message:

From: IT Department
To: Joe User
Subject: Email quota exceeded.

Your mailbox has reached the maximum size. Your account will be suspended unless you provide the IT department the following required information:

Username:
Password:

This an example of which of the following?

Options

APhishing
BWorm
CSpyware
DMalware

How the community answered

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A
89% (31)
B
6% (2)
C
3% (1)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Phishing is a social engineering attack delivered via email (or other messages) that tricks users into revealing credentials or sensitive information by impersonating a trusted entity. The email creates urgency ('your account will be suspended') and requests a username and password - classic phishing indicators. A worm is self-replicating malware, spyware covertly collects data from a system, and malware is a broad term for malicious software. None of those describe an email credential-harvesting attack.

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#phishing#social engineering#email security#credential theft

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