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What is the difference between deceptive phishing and spear phishing?

  • A. Deceptive phishing is an attacked aimed at a specific user in the organization who holds a C-level role.
  • B. A spear phishing campaign is aimed at a specific person versus a group of people.
  • C. Spear phishing is when the attack is aimed at the C-level executives of an organization.
  • D. Deceptive phishing hijacks and manipulates the DNS server of the victim and redirects the user to a false webpage.
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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fabio3wz
Highly Voted 4 years, 2 months ago
Nope, the answer should be B. You can easily google it, and you can find that Spear phishing relates to attacks targeted to individuals. Spear phishing always focuses on one victim
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sull3y
Highly Voted 1 year, 9 months ago
B. A spear phishing campaign is aimed at a specific person versus a group of people. Deceptive Phishing is a general term used to describe any type of phishing attack that uses deception to trick the victim into providing personal information or login credentials. It can be targeted at a large group of people, indiscriminately. Spear Phishing is a targeted type of phishing attack that is aimed at a specific individual or group of people within an organization. It is more sophisticated than a general phishing attack and often uses personal information about the target to make the email or message appear legitimate. Spear phishing is also known to target specific roles or positions, such as C-level executives within an organization. Deceptive Phishing does not hijack and manipulate the DNS server of the victim and redirect the user to a false webpage, this kind of attack is called "pharming" attack.
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Marshpillowz
Most Recent 7 months, 1 week ago
Selected Answer: B
Answer is B - spear phishing targets a specific victim (normally high-level or authoritative figure).
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royallyre20
2 years, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: B
ansswer: B
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Wang87
2 years, 9 months ago
Selected Answer: B
Spear Phishing is targeted at one particular person who generally is C-Level but not necessarily. So correct answer is B
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efongvan
2 years, 10 months ago
Correct answer is B. https://terranovasecurity.com/spear-phishing-vs-phishing/
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eazy99
3 years, 2 months ago
The provided answer is correct B.
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myccnptest
3 years, 11 months ago
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-awareness/6-common-phishing-attacks-and-how-to-protect-against-them/ So B
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tester90
4 years, 2 months ago
Correct is C.
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5tuple
3 years, 10 months ago
Wrong, that is Whaling
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