Information Security: Principles and Practices 2nd Edition by Jim Breithaupt, Mark S. Merkow

Exercise 14

The computer criminal who calls a help desk trying to obtain another user’s password is most likely a:

A. dumpster diver

B. black-hat hacker

C. social engineer

D. spammer

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Computer Criminal

A social engineer category criminal may call a helpdesk and obtain another user’s password pretending to be that user.

Thus, the correct option is .