Someone phones a ministry secretary, claims to be from the ICT help desk working on an urgent upgrade, and asks for the secretary's password to “migrate the mailbox”. Which social-engineering technique is this?
Quelqu'un téléphone au secrétariat d'un ministère, prétend appeler du service d'assistance TIC pour une mise à niveau urgente, et demande le mot de passe de la personne pour « migrer la boîte aux lettres ». De quelle technique d'ingénierie sociale s'agit-il ?
Answers
ATailgatingLe talonnage (tailgating)
BBaitingL'appâtage (baiting)
CPretextingLe prétexte (pretexting)
DDumpster divingLa fouille des poubelles
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