ITPEC IP October 2018 Question 37
ITPEC IP October 2018 — Question 37 of 100
Social engineering exploits human psychology, trust, urgency, or carelessness to obtain confidential information improperly. Examples include impersonation, phishing, pretexting, shoulder surfing, and persuading a person to reveal credentials.
Answer (c)
Why not others:
- a DoS attack exhausts resources to disrupt availability
- SQL injection manipulates database commands through unsafe input handling
- a buffer overflow writes beyond allocated memory boundaries
Key rule: Social engineering targets people and procedures; the other choices primarily exploit technical systems or software flaws.
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