What are two examples of an attacker using social engineering? (Choose two.)

The correct answer is A. Convincing an employee that they are also an employee C. Acting as a company representative and asking for personal information not relevant to the reason. Social engineering attacks manipulate human trust to gain unauthorized access or information. Convincing an employee that an attacker is also an employee builds rapport, lowering defenses for information disclosure or credential sharing. Similarly, impersonating a company represe

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AConvincing an employee that they are also an employee
BLeveraging open-source intelligence to gather information about a high-level executive
CActing as a company representative and asking for personal information not relevant to the reason
DCompromising a website and configuring it to automatically install malicious files onto systems that

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A
76% (29)
B
16% (6)
D
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Social engineering attacks manipulate human trust to gain unauthorized access or information. Convincing an employee that an attacker is also an employee builds rapport, lowering defenses for information disclosure or credential sharing. Similarly, impersonating a company representative and requesting unrelated personal data exploits authority bias to deceive victims. These tactics exploit psychological vulnerabilities rather than technical flaws and are prevalent initial steps in multi-stage attacks. Palo Alto Networks highlights the importance of training, multi- factor authentication, and behavior-based threat detection to mitigate social engineering risks

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