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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You have won the lottery! Follow this link to claim.
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Your bank account has been hacked. Login in here to protect yourself.
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Help! I am stuck in Europe and I need money to travel home.
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All of the above!
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Detailed explanation-1: -An email from PayPal arrives telling the victim that their account has been compromised and will be deactivated unless they confirm their credit card details. The link in the phishing email takes the victim to a fake PayPal website, and the stolen credit card information is used to commit further crimes.
Detailed explanation-2: -1) Sending someone an email that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like an email from someone the person knows. 2) Creating a fake website that looks nearly identical to a real website in order to trick users into entering their login information.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explanation: Phishing is the technique used for tricking users to disclose their username and passwords through fake pages.