CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY · Question #136
Which type of attack attempts to mislead the user into exposing personal information by sending fraudulent emails?
The correct answer is D. Phishing. A phishing attack emails a fraudulent message with the goal of tricking the recipient into disclosing sensitive information to the attacker (see ISC2 Study Guide, chapter 4, module 2). A Cross-Site Scripting attack tries to execute code on another website. Trojans are software…
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Which type of attack attempts to mislead the user into exposing personal information by sending fraudulent emails?
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- ADenial of Service
- BTrojans
- CCross-Site Scripting
- DPhishing
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(44 responses)- A2% (1)
- B5% (2)
- D93% (41)
Explanation
A phishing attack emails a fraudulent message with the goal of tricking the recipient into disclosing sensitive information to the attacker (see ISC2 Study Guide, chapter 4, module 2). A Cross-Site Scripting attack tries to execute code on another website. Trojans are software that seem legitimate, but has hidden malicious functions. Trojans may be sent in a message, but are not themselves the message. A denial of service attack (DoS) compromises the availability of a system or service through a malicious overload of requests, thereby activating safety mechanisms that delay or limit the availability of that system or service.
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