A malicious attacker decides that he is going to try to compromise the account of the CEO of a company by calling him up on the phone,pretending to be a vendor,and gain access to the company's payment information.What type of attack is this?
A)Dumpster diving
B)Tailgating
C)Spear phishing
D)Brute-force attack

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This is a type of spear phishing attack, also known as social engineering. The attacker is trying to trick the CEO into divulging sensitive information by pretending to be someone he is not.

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