What Is It Called When an Attacker Convinces You to Enter

question 19

Multiple Choice

What is it called when an attacker convinces you to enter personal information at an imposter website after receiving an email from a person masquerading as an employee from your bank?

• A) encryption
• B) dumpster diving
• C) phishing
• D) identity theft

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Definitions:

First Name

A personal identifier typically given to someone at birth, used before the family name.

Modifier Private

A keyword in Java that restricts access to a member of a class (variables, methods) such that it can only be accessed within its own class.

Instance Variable

For each object instantiated from a class, this variable ensures they each have a unique copy, by being defined within the class.

Class Definition

The specification of how a class is structured, including its fields, methods, and constructors in object-oriented programming.