An administrative assistant at a medical clinic receives a telephone call from an individual claiming to be a senior auditor from a national health database. The caller explains that they are conducting an urgent security audit of the clinic's database and require temporary login credentials immediately to verify system compliance. The assistant, believing the fabricated identity and scenario, provides the credentials over the phone. Which of the following social engineering threats is best illustrated by this scenario?
Shouldering
Blagging
Pharming
Brute-force attack
23 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Computer Science Cyber security threats, covering Social engineering and Malicious code (malware). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.