Question

A security risk to email is​ __________, which are fraudulent messages that prompt unwary users to reveal sensitive information or grant unauthorized access to protected networks. A. direct mail B. instant messaging C. phishing D. spam E. mass mail

Answer 1

Answer:

Option C is the correct answer for the above question.

Explanation:

Pishing is a type of attack which is used by the attacker to access the secured information from the system. It is used by the third person assuming for the system that he is the right use of the system and can access the information of the system.

The above question asked about the attack which can access the information to assume that he is the right user and give accessed to the network to been hacked. So the answer is phishing which is described above. Hence option C is the correct while the other is not because:-

• Option A states about direct mail which is not a type of attack.
• Option B states about instant messaging which is also not a type of attack.
• Option D states about spam which is used to send the spam messages.
• Option 'E' states about the mass mail which is used to send the lots of spam mail.