CERTIFIED-IN-CYBERSECURITY Question #9: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

The correct answer is A: Phishing. A phishing attack emails a fraudulent message to trick the recipient into disclosing sensitive information to the attacker. A Cross-Site Scripting attack tries to execute code on another website. Trojans are software that appear legitimate, but that have hidden malicious function

Network Security Concepts

Question

Which type of attack attempts to trick the user into revealing personal information by sending a fraudulent message?

Options

APhishing
BDenials of Service
CCross-Site Scripting
DTrojans

Explanation

A phishing attack emails a fraudulent message to trick the recipient into disclosing sensitive information to the attacker. A Cross-Site Scripting attack tries to execute code on another website. Trojans are software that appear legitimate, but that have hidden malicious functions. Trojans may be sent in a message, but are not the message themselves. A denial of service attack (DoS) consists in compromising the availability of a system or service through a malicious overload of requests, which causes the activation of safety mechanisms that delay or limit the availability of that system or service.

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#Phishing#Social Engineering#Cyber Attacks#Threats

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