COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK SECURITY AND CYBERSECURITY
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Using a phishing pole in the water and catching phish
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Someone should have been more careful with the spell check
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Websites and emails created just to trick you so cybercriminals can steal your information
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All of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pharming is a type of phishing attack that uses DNS cache poisoning to redirect users from a legitimate site to a fraudulent one. This is done in an attempt to trick users into attempting to log in to the fake site with personal credentials.
Detailed explanation-2: -Phishing is a cybercrime in which a target or targets are contacted by email, telephone or text message by someone posing as a legitimate institution to lure individuals into providing sensitive data such as personally identifiable information, banking and credit card details, and passwords.
Detailed explanation-3: -This telephone version of phishing is sometimes called vishing. Vishing relies on “social engineering” techniques to trick you into providing information that others can use to access and use your important accounts. People can also use this information to pretend to be you and open new lines of credit.
Detailed explanation-4: -Fake URLs; cloned websites, posts, and tweets; and instant messaging (which is essentially the same as smishing) can all be used to persuade people to divulge sensitive information or download malware.