An employee clicks on a link in an email from what looks like a fellow employee and is taken to a fraudulent web site which asks for personal information is an example of:
A)click fraud.
B)DDOS attack.
C)spear phishing.
D)pharming.
E)identity theft.

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This is an example of spear phishing, which is a targeted attack where the attacker sends a fraudulent email that appears to be from a trusted source (in this case, a fellow employee) in order to trick the recipient into providing personal or sensitive information.

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