Study the following e-mail message. When the link in the message is clicked, it will take you to an address like: http://hacker.xsecurity.com/in.htm. Note that hacker.xsecurity.com is not an official SuperShopper site!

What attack is depicted in the below e-mail?

Dear SuperShopper valued member,

Due to concerns, for the safety and integrity of the SuperShopper community we have issued this warning message. It has come to our attention that your account information needs to be updated due to inactive members, frauds and spoof reports.

If you could please take 5-10 minutes out of your online experience and renew your records you will not run into any future problems with the online service. However, failure to update your records will result to your account cancellation. This notification expires within 24 hours.

Once you have updated your account records your SuperShopper will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link below and renew your account information.

https://www.supershopper.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=update-run

SuperShopper Technical Support http://www.supershopper.com

A.
Phishing attack

B.
E-mail spoofing

C.
social engineering

D.
Man in the middle attack

Explanation:
Phishing is a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attempt to fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as passwords and credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy person or business in an electronic communication. Phishing is typically carried out using email or an instant message, although phone contact has been used as well.