An E-Commerce website receives a fake login page designed to steal customers usernames, passwords and banking information. What type of security threat is this?

Options

  • A. Phishing
  • B. Defragmentation
  • C. Caching
  • D. More than one of the above
  • E. None of the above

Correct Answer (Detailed Explanation is Below)

A. Phishing

Detailed Explanation

Phishing is a social engineering attack in which an attacker creates a fraudulent website, email or message to trick users into revealing sensitive information such as passwords, card details or banking credentials.