Dumpster Diving refers to:

The correct answer is A. Searching for sensitive information in the user's trash bins and printer trash bins, and searching. Dumpster diving is a physical social engineering and reconnaissance technique where an attacker searches through an organization's discarded materials - trash bins, recycling bins, shredder waste, or printer output trays - to find sensitive information such as passwords, account

Submitted by haruto_sh· Apr 18, 2026Computer Forensics in Today's World

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ASearching for sensitive information in the user's trash bins and printer trash bins, and searching
BLooking at either the user's keyboard or screen while he/she is logging in
CConvincing people to reveal the confidential information
DCreating a set of dictionary words and names, and trying all the possible combinations to crack

How the community answered

(36 responses)

A
94% (34)
B
3% (1)
D
3% (1)

Explanation

Dumpster diving is a physical social engineering and reconnaissance technique where an attacker searches through an organization's discarded materials - trash bins, recycling bins, shredder waste, or printer output trays - to find sensitive information such as passwords, account numbers, internal documents, or org charts. Option B describes shoulder surfing. Option C describes social engineering/pretexting. Option D describes a dictionary or brute-force password attack. Dumpster diving is a real and effective attack vector, which is why secure disposal policies (shredding, degaussing) are important.

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#Dumpster Diving#Social Engineering#Physical Security#Information Gathering

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