An Employee Receives an Email, Which Appears to Be from the Chief

question 77

Multiple Choice

An employee receives an email, which appears to be from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) , asking for a report of security credentials for all users. Which of the following types of attack is MOST likely occurring?

• A) Policy violation
• B) Social engineering
• C) Whaling
• D) Spear phishing

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Definitions:

Independent Events

Events whose occurrence or outcome is not influenced by the occurrence or outcome of another event.

P(A and B)

The probability that both events A and B occur.

P(A)

The probability of event A occurring, an elementary concept in probability and statistics.

P(B)

The likelihood that event B will happen.