Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 198 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 198
Topic #: 1

While browsing his Facebook feed, Matt sees a picture one of his friends posted with the caption, `Learn more about your friends!`, as well as a number of personal questions. Matt is suspicious and texts his friend, who confirms that he did indeed post it. With assurance that the post is legitimate, Matt responds to the questions on the post. A few days later, Matt's bank account has been accessed, and the password has been changed.
What most likely happened?

A. Matt inadvertently provided the answers to his security questions when responding to the post.
B. Matt inadvertently provided his password when responding to the post.
C. Matt's computer was infected with a keylogger.
D. Matt's bank-account login information was brute forced.

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Suggested Answer: A 🗳️

by americaman80 at April 15, 2021, 6:06 p.m.

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ANDRESCB1988

Highly Voted 2 years, 9 months ago

correct

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americaman80

Highly Voted 3 years ago

Correct

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DataTraveler

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Selected Answer: A

Social engineering is the art of manipulating people to divulge sensitive information to use it to perform some malicious action. Despite security policies, attackers can compromise an organization’s sensitive information by using social engineering, which targets the weakness of people. Most often, employees are not even aware of a security lapse on their part and inadvertently reveal the organization’s critical information. For instance, unwittingly answering strangers’ questions or replying to spam email. p. 1217/1201

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tc5899

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