Phishing Quiz

Which of the following scenarios might be a social engineering attack?Make your best guess and select all that apply.

• An email from your organization asking you to submit your password to a website that checks password strength

• A social media connection request from one Of your "coworkers"

• A food delivery person asking you to hold the door to the office because their hands are full

• A text message from your bank, asking you to verify some suspicious charges

Review each of the following social media connection requests.

Select which of these is likely to be an attempt at social engineering.

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You receive a call from “Credit Services.” The person on the line compliments you on your great credit history and also informs you that you have qualified for a card with better features and a lower rate. They’ll only need a few minutes of your time to go over some personal information before they can get the card out to you.

Which of the following is the biggest red flag in this scenario?

• You received a call from "Credit Services."

• You'll have to provide personal information.

• They'll only need a few minutes of your time.

• You have qualified for a credit card.

You receive a generic email notification about an issue with the delivery of a recent order. You’re instructed to click on a link included in the email for further information about the order. When you click, it opens a webpage which asks for your account username and password before you can view the information.

Which of the following is the biggest red flag in this scenario?

• Your username and password are required to view the information.

• There is an issue while delivering your order.

• The information about the delivery problems is not contained in the email.

• The email you received was a generic notification.

Your manager is attending a meeting that is out of town. You receive a text message from her late at night indicating she lost her purse and asking you to urgently send her some funds until she can get to the bank in the morning.

Which of the following is the biggest red flag in this scenario?

• Your manager is sending you a message late at night.

• Your manager has to go to the bank in the morning.

• Your manager is attending a meeting that is out of town.

• Your manager urgently needs you to send her money.

You receive an email from an online music service you subscribe to. The message indicates there was a problem while processing a recent payment. It also says your account will be deactivated if you don’t update your payment information within 60 minutes of reading this message. The bottom of the message includes a reassuring notification that the included link has been scanned and is clean of any viruses.

Which of the following is the biggest red flag in this scenario?

• There was a problem with processing a recent payment.

• The included link was scanned for viruses.

• You received an email from your online music service.

• You'll have to act with 60 minutes of reading the message.

A person wearing a uniform and a badge, indicating they’re with a printer repair company, is sitting unsupervised at a coworker’s desk. They seem to be looking through the files and documents that are visible on that machine. It seems suspicious, so you ask if they need some assistance. They tell you that the printer is having problems, so they were looking for a file they could print, to diagnose the problem better.

Which of the following is the biggest red flag in this scenario?

• There is a repair person wearing a uniform.

• They are sitting unescorted at a coworker's desk.

• They are trying to diagnose a problem with a printer.

• They are looking through the files on the system.