Question

Users on your network report that they have received an email stating that the company has just launched a new website. The email asks employees to click the website link in the email and log in using their username and password. No one in your company has sent this email. What type of attack is this

Answer 1

Answer:

Phishing

Explanation:

A phishing attack may be defined as a attack made on social platform that is used to steal the data, which includes the credit card details or credentials of individuals, etc. It is a fraudulent attempt to collect important information.

In the context, the employees receives an email asking them to click on the link and login using their credentials. It is a fraud email which no one in the company has sent. So this is a phishing attack.