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CYB 205 Infrastructure Administration
Q: Which statement about phishing attacks is correct?
A: Phishing attacks of all kinds are still in use because they can be effective social engineering tools when trying to do reconnaissance or gain illicit entry into an organization or its systems.
Explanation: Phishing attacks of all kinds are still in use because they can be effective social engineering tools when trying to do reconnaissance or gain illicit entry into an organization or its systems. Option B is false; even if thousands of phishing emails are sent as part of a low-and-slow attack, one response can generate exploitable information for the attacker. Option D is false because the phishing attack is a social engineering attack. Option A is false; attackers work hard to mimic the style, format, expression, and construction of their phishing emails, and continually attempt to spoof email addresses, domain names, and so forth. Tools may filter a lot of such junk email for you, but they won’t catch it all.
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