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Ravi receives an email that appears to come from his bank, asking him to click a link and enter his net-banking password to avoid account suspension. The link leads to a look-alike website. This attack is best described as:
The attack is phishing. The attacker impersonates a trusted bank through email and a look-alike website to trick the victim into disclosing credentials. It does not involve encrypting files for ransom, injecting database queries, or intercepting traffic on a rogue network, so the other options are wrong.
- APhishingCorrect
- BRansomware
- CSQL injection
- DMan-in-the-middle through a rogue Wi-Fi hotspot
Explanation
Phishing uses deceptive messages and fake sites to trick users into revealing credentials. Ransomware encrypts files for payment, SQL injection targets database queries, and a rogue hotspot interception involves network eavesdropping, none of which is described here.
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