ITPEC IP October 2020 Question 45
ITPEC IP October 2020 — Question 45 of 100
Phishing impersonates a trusted organization and directs the victim to a fraudulent site to steal credentials or financial information. The message creates credibility or urgency, while the linked page imitates the legitimate service and captures entered data.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- remotely commanding an infected PC describes botnet or remote-control malware
- testing likely password strings is a dictionary attack
- flooding a server from many computers is a DDoS attack
Key rule: Phishing is social engineering delivered through deceptive messages and counterfeit destinations to obtain sensitive information.
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