Tricking employees to reveal their passwords by pretending to be a legitimate member of a company is called
A) sniffing.
B) social engineering.
C) phishing.
D) pharming.

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Social engineering is the act of manipulating individuals into divulging confidential information. This can be done through various tactics such as impersonating a legitimate member of a company to trick employees into revealing their passwords. Sniffing is the act of intercepting network traffic to obtain sensitive information, phishing is using fraudulent emails or messages to obtain sensitive information, and pharming is redirecting website traffic to a fake, malicious website.

Tricking Employees to Reveal Their Passwords by Pretending to Be