Dave wants to steal the contact database from a rival sales person. He calls his rival's secretary and pretends to be from the IT department. He says "The sales tracking system just crashed, at least we think. We are hopeful that we saved everyone's data, but we need Mr. Shivers username and password
In order to log in and check."
What type of attack is Dave conducting?
A) Identity theft
B) Identity faking
C) Identity spoofing
D) Identity pre-texting

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Spoofing is a temporary situation. IP address, sources of email, usernames, and in this case, a person can easily be spoofed in a packet or phone call. The attacker can distance himself from the act immediately afterwards. Identity theft or faking is more long term and invlolves actively assuming the identity of the victim for a period of time.

Dave Wants to Steal the Contact Database from a Rival