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350-701 · Question #74

What is the difference between deceptive phishing and spear phishing?

The correct answer is B. A spear phishing campaign is aimed at a specific person versus a group of people.. Spear phishing relates to attacks targeted to individuals. Spear phishing always focuses on one

Submitted by fernanda_arg· Mar 30, 2026Attacks, Vulnerabilities, and Mitigation

Question

What is the difference between deceptive phishing and spear phishing?

Options

  • ADeceptive phishing is an attacked aimed at a specific user in the organization who holds a C-level
  • BA spear phishing campaign is aimed at a specific person versus a group of people.
  • CSpear phishing is when the attack is aimed at the C-level executives of an organization.
  • DDeceptive phishing hijacks and manipulates the DNS server of the victim and redirects the user to

How the community answered

(23 responses)
  • A
    4% (1)
  • B
    91% (21)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

Spear phishing relates to attacks targeted to individuals. Spear phishing always focuses on one

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#phishing#spear phishing#social engineering

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