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CPEH-001 · Question #782

Hackers often raise the trust level of a phishing message by modeling the email to look similar to the internal email used by the target company. This includes using logos, formatting, and names of…

The correct answer is C. Reconnaissance. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.

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Hackers often raise the trust level of a phishing message by modeling the email to look similar to the internal email used by the target company. This includes using logos, formatting, and names of the target company. The phishing message will often use the name of the company CEO, President, or Managers. The time a hacker spends performing research to locate this information about a company is known as?

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  • AExploration
  • BInvestigation
  • CReconnaissance
  • DEnumeration

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