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Which of the following is an example of a “phishing” attack?

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.

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