Wilson, a professional hacker, targets an organization for financial benefit and plans to compromise its systems by sending malicious emails. For this purpose, he uses a tool to track the emails of…

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Options

• AFactiva
• BNetcraft
• Cinfoga
• DZoominfo

• A
  6% (2)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  87% (27)
• D
  3% (1)

Explanation

Infoga (Option C) is an email information gathering tool specifically designed to collect data about email addresses from public sources, including sender identities, mail servers, IP addresses, and geographic locations. Critically, Infoga integrates directly with the haveibeenpwned.com API to check whether an email has been involved in a data breach - which is the defining detail in this scenario.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• Factiva (A) is a Dow Jones news and business intelligence research platform, not a hacking or email reconnaissance tool.
• Netcraft (B) is used for website analysis, phishing detection, and internet infrastructure reconnaissance - not email tracking.
• Zoominfo (D) is a business intelligence and contact database platform used for marketing and sales, not offensive security or email enumeration.

Memory Tip: Think of "Info-ga" as "Info-gather" - it's literally in the name. When you see a scenario involving email reconnaissance + haveibeenpwned.com API integration, Infoga is the go-to tool. The haveibeenpwned.com API detail is the exam's "giveaway clue," as this integration is a signature feature unique to Infoga.

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