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Tricking Employees into Revealing Their Passwords by Pretending to Be

Question 70

Question 70

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Tricking employees into revealing their passwords by pretending to be a legitimate member of a company is called:


A) sniffing.
B) social engineering.
C) phishing.
D) pharming.
E) click fraud.

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