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Submitted by rania.sa· Mar 5, 2026Security and Risk Management
Question
While impersonating an Information Security Officer (ISO), an attacker obtains information from company employees about their User IDs and passwords. Which method of information gathering has the attacker used?
Options
- ATrusted path
- BMalicious logic
- CSocial engineering
- DPassive misuse
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#social engineering#impersonation#credential theft