Anne an employee receives the following email:
From: Human Resources
To: Employee
Subject: Updated employee code of conduct
Please click on the following link: http//external.site.com/codeofconduct.exe to review the updated
code of conduct at your earliest convenience.
After clicking the email link, her computer is compromised. Which of the following principles of
social engineering was used to lure Anne into clicking the phishing link in the above email?
A.
Authority
B.
Familiarity
C.
Intimidation
D.
Urgency
Authority, Most of the time the hacker impersonates a person of authority, which makes the victim believe they should do what the hacker says. so i goes by A.
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I agree, Familiarity would not make be want to click the link. I sense no Intimidation nor Urgency. I chose A.
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I agree, Familiarity would not make be want to click the link. I sense Intimidation nor Urgency. I chose A.
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