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.
E)snooping

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Social engineering involves manipulating individuals to divulge confidential information or perform actions that may be detrimental to an organization's security. In this case, the attacker is impersonating a legitimate member of the company to trick employees into revealing their passwords. Sniffing, phishing, pharming, and snooping are all different types of cyber attacks that do not involve social engineering.

Tricking Employees to Reveal Their Passwords by Pretending to Be