Question

You receive an e-mail that seems to come from your bank. Clicking on a link in the message takes you to a website that seems to be your bank's website. However, the website is fake. This is called a ________ attack. (Pick the most precise answer.)

Answer 1

Answer:

Phishing attack

Explanation:

Phishing is an attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords and credit card details or bank account details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an

electronic communication usually over the internet. In this case, the email was sent by a criminally minded person whose intent would be to steal sensitive informations from the user by cloning the bank's web link and page.

Answer 2

Answer:

A Phishing Attack

Explanation:

The term "phishing" comes from the combination of the English term "fishing", which means to fish, with the term "phreak", often used to name the first telephony hackers.

It is a type of scam that uses technological mechanisms, usually based on messages, to persuade and deceive people, with a specific objective, which varies from attack to attack.

For example, sending you an email message with a link like a popular social media platform which is meant to trick you into submitting your login details thereby hacking into your account from the hacker's remote location.