COMPUTER THREATS SECURITY
TYPES OF COMPUTER SECURITY
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Pretexting
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Fishing
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Whaling
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Blackmailing
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following is not an example of social engineering? Explanation: Carding is the method of trafficking of bank details, credit cards or other financial information over the internet. Hence it’s a fraudulent technique used by hackers and does not comes under social engineering.
Detailed explanation-2: -There are different types of social engineering attacks: Phishing: The site tricks users into revealing their personal information (for example, passwords, phone numbers, or social security numbers).
Detailed explanation-3: -Denial of Service attack is NOT a social engineering attack.
Detailed explanation-4: -Phishing attacks are a subset of social engineering strategy that imitate a trusted source and concoct a seemingly logical scenario for handing over login credentials or other sensitive personal data.