A user receives an email appearing to be from their bank asking them to verify their account by clicking a link. The link leads to a fake website that harvests credentials. Which type of attack is this?

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C. Phishing. Phishing is a social engineering attack where attackers send fraudulent emails disguised as legitimate organizations to trick recipients into clicking malicious links or providing credentials. Vishing uses voice calls, pharming redirects DNS, and whaling targets high-profile executives specifically.

A user receives an email appearing to be from their bank asking them to verify their account by clicking a link. The link leads to a fake website that harvests credentials. Which type of attack is this?

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