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John works as an Office Assistant in DataSoft Inc. He has received an e-mail from duesoft_lotterygroup@us.com with the following message:
The DueSoft Lottery Incorporation
This is to inform you that you have just won a prize of $7,500.00 for this year's Annual Lottery promotion, which was organized by Msn/Yahoo Lottery in conjunction with DueSoft. We collect active online e-mails and select five people every year as our winners through an electronic balloting machine. Please reply within three days of receiving this e-mail with your full details like Name, Address, Sex, Occupation, Age, State, Telephone number, and Country to claim your prize.
If John replies to this e-mail, which of the following attacks may he become vulnerable to?
Suggested Answer: C
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14 comments · newest first
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Gregoria
12 months ago
Wow, people still fall for these scams?
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Chandra
12 months ago
100% agree, it's phishing for sure!
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Mammie
12 months ago
Salami attack? That's a stretch.
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Louvenia
1 year ago
Not so sure, could it be a Man-in-the-Middle?
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Rachael
1 year ago
Definitely a phishing attack!
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Arletta
1 year ago
I’m confused about the Man-in-the-Middle attack. Is that relevant here? I thought it was more about intercepting communications rather than this kind of scam.
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Kate
1 year ago
I practiced a similar question where someone received a fake lottery email. I think the right answer here is phishing, since they want personal details to steal his identity.
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Rosalind
1 year ago
I’m not entirely sure, but I think a Salami attack involves small amounts being taken over time? This email feels more like a direct scam rather than that.
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Katlyn
1 year ago
I remember studying phishing attacks, and this email seems like a classic example of that. It’s definitely trying to trick John into giving away his personal info.
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Tawna
1 year ago
This seems straightforward enough. LSM trees and Zstandard compression should provide significant storage savings, maybe around 50% or more. I'll work through the key points and select the most likely answer choice.
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Georgene
1 year ago
Okay, I think I've got a strategy here. The autoscaling managed instance group with Cloud Bigtable could provide the scalability and performance we need, while keeping costs down during low-traffic periods.
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Evan
1 year ago
I'm pretty sure the answer is C. The question is asking what LT Company needs to do to achieve its competitive advantage through strategic stretch, and creating new opportunities by exploiting internal capabilities seems like the best fit.
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Rossana
1 year ago
I think the key here is that the notifications need to be sent to the user's mobile device when they are online. That rules out email, since the user might not see those right away. SNS seems like the best fit since it's designed for mobile push notifications. I'll go with that.
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Theola
1 year ago
I'm pretty confident the answer is C and D. The question is asking about the licenses needed for voice and multimedia skillsets, and those seem to match the ones listed.