Social Engineering

What is social engineering?

• A hardware security measure

• A network configuration

• The practice of exploiting the human element to gain unauthorized access

• A software encryption technique

What is phishing?

• A type of physical attack

• A social engineering attack where an attacker sends out emails with malicious payloads

• A network protocol

• A hardware device

Evil twin attacks involve creating rogue access points to mimic legitimate networks.

• True

• False

How does a phishing attack typically work?

• By physically entering a building

• By monitoring network traffic

• By sending out generic emails with malicious links or attachments

• By encrypting files on a computer

What is the best defense against phishing attacks?

• Giving out passwords to trusted sources

• Never clicking links inside an email

• Opening files from unknown sources

• Ignoring misspellings and poor grammar in emails

What is spear phishing?

• A targeted phishing attack

• A generic phishing attack

• A form of malware

• A type of firewall

How does tailgating work?

• By sending deceptive emails.

• By mimicking legitimate workers.

• By closely following an authorized user to gain access to a building.

• By intercepting phone calls.

What is impersonation in social engineering?

• Pretending to be someone else on social media.

• Impersonating a legitimate worker to gain access to a building.

• Sending out fake emails.

• Creating fake social media profiles.

What is shoulder surfing?

• Watching a movie over someone's shoulder.

• Looking over someone's shoulder to obtain sensitive information.

• A surfing technique.

• A type of hardware.

What is vishing?

• A virtual reality simulation.

• A social engineering attack that takes place over the phone.

• A form of spear phishing.

• A software development method.