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White raven [17]
4 years ago
10

What is it called when an attacker convinces you to enter personal information at an imposter website after receiving an email f

rom a person masquerading as an employee from your bank?\
Computers and Technology
2 answers:
dalvyx [7]4 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Phishing

Explanation:

One of the most popular cyber crimes today is phishing. In phishing, an attacker disguises himself or herself as a reputable or trustworthy personnel (such as an employee from a bank) and convincingly requests (via an electronic communication such as email) that a target (any user) sends to them certain personal and sensitive information (such as passwords, pins e.t.c) about them in other to steal or abuse these information.

Phishing is done by any of the following ways, among others;

i. creating a sense of urgency in the target by telling them how important what they are about to do is and how dangerous it is if they don't do it.

ii. sending a fake or forged link to their target. A link that could take them to a site where they enter their sensitive information.

yaroslaw [1]4 years ago
3 0

Answer:

Phishing

Explanation:

Phishing is a type of cyber attack in which the attacker masquerades as a trusted entity via e-mail and trick the recipient into clicking a malicious link that could steal user data including login details, credit card information e.t.c A phishing attack can have devastating effects such as Identity theft, Unauthorised purchase or stealing of funds on individuals.

The common types of phishing are<em>: Vishing, Smishing, Email Phishing, Search Engine Vishing, Whaling</em> e.t.c

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