COMPUTER ETHICS AND SECURITY
TYPES OF THREATS AND ATTACKS
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Question
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Someone was recently caught sifting through your company’s trash looking for confidential information. What is this an example of?
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Trash snooping
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Dumpster diving
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Phishing
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Social engineering
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Social engineering means trying to get information out of another person. Phishing is social engineering via email.) Someone was recently caught sifting through your company’s trash looking for confidential information.
Detailed explanation-2: -What malware is best known for carrying other malware as a payload? Worm-its a piece of self-replicating malware.
Detailed explanation-3: -Malware: Malware is short for malicious software, it is a software that is specifically designed to disrupt, damage, or gain unauthorized access to a computer system.
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