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Answer: A) Phishing
Explanation:
Phishing is type of attack in computer field that is processed to hack or steal the data of authorized user.The attacker acts as trusted party and then interacts with the authorized user through email or messages to gain confidential information like pin code, credit card number, login details etc of that user.
- According to the question, colleague is experiencing phishing as he has been requested for pin-code and credit-card number from a wrong source behaving as authorized bank.
- Other options are incorrect because ransomware is attack that asks for ransom from authorized user for reviving their access. on system. Spoofing is falsifying as some other party to receive advantage.
- Mail poisoning is inclusion of inappropriate details in email such as invalid email address etc.
- Thus, the correct option is option(A).
Because its a old type of software and probably wont run on your computer
