Jane receives an email claiming that her bank account information has been lost and that she needs to click a link to update the

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Jane receives an email claiming that her bank account information has been lost and that she needs to click a link to update the

bank's database. However, she doesn't recognize the bank, because it is not one she does business with. What type of attack is she being presented with?
A. WhalingB. VishingC. PhishingD. Piggybacking

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marshall27 [118] · Answer 1 · 2022-03-30T07:29:16+03:00

Answer:

C. Phishing

Explanation:

There are various terms under digital attack, some of them are :

Whaling: whaling is one of the categories of phishing whose mainly targeted persons are mostly high ranked professionals.phishing search data for the hacking purpose.

Vishing: vishing is mainly termed for voice phishing. when a person calls any other person by using the name of some reputed company to get another person's personal data is known as vishing.

Phishing: when a person uses digital communication channel i.e. emails, by using the name of some reputed company to get another person's personal data is known as phishing.

Piggybacking: when a person gets access to another person's system or telephone by the illegal way is termed as piggybacking.

so, according to the scenario most appropriate answer is option C