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312-50V12 · Question #305
Stephen, an attacker, targeted the industrial control systems of an organization. He generated a fraudulent email with a malicious attachment and sent it to employees of the target organization. An em
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Submitted by chiamaka_o· Mar 4, 2026System Hacking Phases and Attack Techniques
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Stephen, an attacker, targeted the industrial control systems of an organization. He generated a fraudulent email with a malicious attachment and sent it to employees of the target organization. An employee who manages the sales software of the operational plant opened the fraudulent email and clicked on the malicious attachment. This resulted in the malicious attachment being downloaded and malware being injected into the sales software maintained in the victim's system. Further, the malware propagated itself to other networked systems, finally damaging the industrial automation components. What is the attack technique used by Stephen to damage the industrial systems?
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- AHMI-based attack
- BSMishing attack
- CReconnaissance attack
- DSpear-phishing attack
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#spear-phishing#social engineering#malware delivery#ICS security