Which of the following is not a social engineering attack: a. Dumpster diving b. Hacking c. Shoulder surfing d. Persuading a receptionist to give you information

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Carley Cisneros

13 November, 21:42

Which of the following is not a social engineering attack: a. Dumpster diving b. Hacking c. Shoulder surfing d. Persuading a receptionist to give you information

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Ellen Patrick · Answer 1

d. Persuading a receptionist to give you information

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Social engineering attack is used to describe malicious activities accomplished through human interactions, examples are; hacking, dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, phishing, whaling and piggbacking. Soliciting for information from a receptionist is not a social engineering attack.