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Question 8

An IT security consultant is conducting training at a financial institution about non-technical threats that exploit human vulnerabilities rather than software bugs.

Describe the operational mechanism and primary objective of each of the following social engineering attacks:

a.

Pharming

[1]
b.

Blagging

[1]
c.

Shoulder Surfing

[1]
Markscheme

Cyber security threats Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Computer Science
  3. /Cyber security threats

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.

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