ITPEC FE Morning April 2023 Question 39
ITPEC FE Morning April 2023 — Question 39 of 80
Spear Phishing (Targeted E-mail Attack) — social engineering via personalized e-mail content.
Spear phishing crafts messages that appear relevant to the recipient's role or work, increasing the chance the target will trust and act on the e-mail.
Why (b) is correct:
- Content related to the recipient's work → message is personalized → this is a targeted attack
Why not others:
- (a) — unsolicited advertising in the subject is generic spam, not targeted
- (c) — sender pretends to be a financial institution and sends indiscriminately → mass phishing, not targeted
- (d) — sender pretends to be a collection agency and sends indiscriminately → mass phishing, not targeted
Key rule: "Targeted" = personalized content for a specific victim. "Indiscriminately" = mass attack, not targeted.
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