Steve, an attacker, created a fake profile on a social media website and sent a request to Stella. Stella was enthralled by Steve’s profile picture and the description given for his profile, and she initiated a conversation with him soon after accepting the request. After a few days, Steve started asking about her company details and eventually gathered all the essential information regarding her company.
What is the social engineering technique Steve employed in the above scenario?
THE ANSWER IS Honey Trap because Stella was impress with Steve personality
It is honey trap. The attacker impersonated as an attractive person, and the victim impressed with that.
Honey trap
D Honey Trap The honey trap is a technique where an attacker targets a person online by pretending to be an attractive person and then begins a fake online relationship to obtain confidential information about the target company. In this technique, the victim is an insider who possesses critical information about the target organization.
Can we please take a moment to acknowledge thirst traps are now a thing in cert exams? XD