A Penetration Tester Is Required to Perform OSINT on Staff

question 45

Multiple Choice

A penetration tester is required to perform OSINT on staff at a target company after completing the infrastructure aspect. Which of the following would be the BEST step for penetration?

• A) Obtain staff information by calling the company and using social engineering techniques.
• B) Visit the client and use impersonation to obtain information from staff.
• C) Send spoofed emails to staff to see if staff will respond with sensitive information.
• D) Search the internet for information on staff such as social networking sites.

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Definitions:

Scarcity

Scarcity refers to the fundamental economic problem of having seemingly unlimited human wants in a world of limited resources, leading to the necessity of allocation decisions.

Production

The process of combining various inputs to make goods or services for consumption.

Comparative Advantage

The capacity of an individual or country to manufacture a given good or service more efficiently, incurring lower opportunity costs than their counterparts.

Opportunity Cost

The omission of possible gains that could come from different options when one is preferred.