Exam 312-50v11 topic 1 question 186 discussion

Actual exam question from ECCouncil's 312-50v11

Question #: 186
Topic #: 1

An attacker redirects the victim to malicious websites by sending them a malicious link by email. The link appears authentic but redirects the victim to a malicious web page, which allows the attacker to steal the victim's data. What type of attack is this?

A. Vishing
B. Phishing
C. DDoS
D. Spoofing

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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

by ANDRESCB1988 at July 23, 2021, 6:16 a.m.

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Daniel8660

8 months, 3 weeks ago

Selected Answer: B

Phishing Attacks The attacker tricks the user to submit login details for a website that looks legitimate, and redirects them to the malicious website hosted on the attacker’s web server.The attacker then steals the credentials entered and uses them to impersonate the user with the website hosted on the legitimate target server.Attacker can then perform unauthorized or malicious operations on the target legitimate website. (P.1630/1614)

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