NETWORK SECURITY
INTRODUCTION
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Question
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Social engineering, phishing and worms are examples of
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Viruses
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Scams
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Data Interception
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Malware
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Social engineering is the tactic of manipulating, influencing, or deceiving a victim in order to gain control over a computer system, or to steal personal and financial information. It uses psychological manipulation to trick users into making security mistakes or giving away sensitive information.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explanation: Using social engineering techniques, hackers try to exploit the victim’s mind to gain valuable information about that person such as his/her phone number, date of birth, pet name etc.
Detailed explanation-3: -Antivirus software keeps the system secure by automatically blocking pop-ups and spam coming from malicious websites.
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