A hacker contacts through email and attempts to acquire valuable personal information is called __.

Q. A hacker contacts through email and attempts to acquire valuable personal information is called __.

A

Threatening

B

Phishing

C

Spamming

D

Bugging

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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