Which of the following is an example of a “phishing” attack?
1. Sending someone an email that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like an email from someone the person knows.
2. Creating a fake website that looks nearly identical to a real website in order to trick users into entering their login information.
3. Sending someone a text message that contains a malicious link that is disguised to look like a notification that the person has won a contest.
4. All of the above
5. Not sure
CORRECT ANSWER IS OPTION 2.
As we know that phishing is a type of attack in which a person's personal details are stolen like their usernames, passwords, account details and etc.
Hence the option 2 is correct:
Creating a fake website that looks nearly identical to a real website in order to trick users into entering their login information
This means that in this attack users are tricked into entering their details on fake websites.