Terry and Alex have been hired as consultants to determine the security posture of an organization. They have written a custom tool that will crawl social media networks and other popular sites looking for certain pieces of valuable information they can use as part of an attack. Which of the following is this tool most likely used for?
A) DNS harvesting
B) MAC address harvesting
C) Email harvesting
D) IP address harvesting

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The tool described is most likely used for email harvesting, as it involves crawling social media networks and other sites to find valuable information, such as email addresses, which can be used in phishing attacks or other forms of social engineering. DNS, MAC, and IP address harvesting do not typically involve searching social media and popular sites for information.

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