Q. A hacker contacts through email and attempts to acquire valuable personal information is called __.
Solution:
- Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, password and credit card details (and money), often for malicious reasons, by disguising as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
- Malware, or malicious software, is any program or file that is harmful to a computer user.
- Malware includes computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spyware.
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