Joe, an employee, receives an email stating he won the lottery. The email includes a link that requests a name, mobile phone number, address, and date of birth be provided to confirm Joe’s identity before sending him the prize. Which of the following BEST describes this type of email?
Phishing is a type of attack where the attacker sends a fraudulent email or message to a large number of people, aiming to trick recipients into providing sensitive information such as personal details, passwords, or financial information. The scenario where Joe receives an email claiming he won the lottery, which includes a link requesting his personal information, is a typical example of phishing. The goal is to deceive Joe into divulging his personal details under false pretenses, which aligns with the general definition of phishing.
"Trust me, you won the lottery but we don't even know who you are. Just send me your personal info please."
"The email includes a link that requests a name, mobile phone number, address, and date of birth" its way to vague for it to be spear phishing. If it was a spear phishing, then the attacker should already know his name and Joe just need to fill out mobile phone number, address, and date of birth
C. Phishing Phishing is a type of cyberattack where the attacker sends a fraudulent email, message, or communication to individuals in order to trick them into revealing sensitive information, such as personal details, passwords, or financial information. In this scenario, the email claiming that Joe won the lottery and requesting personal information is an example of phishing. The attacker is attempting to deceive Joe into providing his personal information under false pretenses.
Id go for C, a common Phising because, SPEAR PHISHING IS TARGETING VERY SPECIFIC PERSON/ GROUP OF PEOPLE
this is just a common phishing by method of elimination
Initially, I was going with A but changed my mind after re-reading the question. This part popped out: they are requesting a name. If Joe was targeted, they should have gotten his name and some other information for him to be targeted.
Why isn't this spear if the one employee directly received the email?
wondering the same thing
Spear phishing targets a specific group of people. SP-SP Specific &spear
And a specific person
It's supposed to throw you off
The correct answer is C
I mean A, Spear phishing
Correct answer is C
Phishing is a fraudulent practice where attackers attempt to deceive individuals into revealing sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, financial details, or personal information by impersonating a trustworthy entity. In this case, the email claiming that Joe won the lottery and requesting personal information is an attempt to trick him into providing sensitive data.