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Information Security Threats and AttacksJane has just been appointed Chief Financial Officer at BigTech Corp. Within a week, she receives an email from a sender impersonating the company’s CEO, directing her to make an urgent wire transfer. Suspicious, Jane chooses to verify the request’s authenticity. She receives another email from the same sender, this time with an attachment that appears to be a scanned image of the CEO’s handwritten note. At the same time, she receives a call from an ‘IT support’ representative telling her to click the attached image to download a ‘security patch’. Concerned, Jane must identify the social-engineering tactics she encountered.
- A Spear phishing through both the emails and quizzing via the ‘IT support’ call.
- B Phishing through the CEO impersonation email and baiting via the ‘IT support’ call.
- C Spear phishing through the CEO impersonation email and vishing via the ‘IT support’ call.
- D Baiting via the handwritten note image and preloading through the ‘IT support’ call.
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