What is pretexting?
A) A form of social engineering in which one individual lies to obtain confidential data about another individual.
B) A hacker looks through your trash to find personal information.
C) Legitimate users who purposely or accidentally misuse their access to the environment and cause some kind of business-affecting incident.
D) Malicious agents designed by spammers and other Internet attackers to farm email addresses off websites or deposit spyware on machines.

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Pretexting is a social engineering technique where an individual lies or uses a false pretext to gain confidential information from another person. This often involves the attacker pretending to need the information for a legitimate reason.

What Is Pretexting