Question

Ben receives an email purporting to be from his bank, advising him that new passwords are being distributed. the email asks him to enter his current password, as well as other personal information. ben sends the requested information and then notices the next day that funds have been withdrawn from his account without his knowledge or consent. upon contacting the bank, ben learns that the original email was a fraud. ben is a victim of ________.

Answer 1

Social Engineering, which is one of the easiest tools for hackers to obtain passwords, credit card numbers and any other sensitive data such as social security numbers and personal id information and verification data such as full names and dates of birth. On the past, Social Engineering was a rather accesible tool as there were no easy ways to know where an email would come through, nowadays, most free email and corporate email tools will provide warnings against these kind of emails and messages.