CompTIA · A+ 220-1202
Social engineering, threats, and vulnerabilities
A+ 220-1202 · Lesson 17 of 29 · 1:59:29
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In this lesson
Prepare for the CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1202) exam. In this lesson: phishing, spear phishing, whaling, vishing, smishing, QR code phishing, business email compromise, shoulder surfing, tailgating, impersonation, dumpster diving, DoS and DDoS, evil twins, on-path attacks, spoofing, zero-day, brute-force, and dictionary attacks, SQL injection, cross-site scripting, insider and supply chain threats, and vulnerable systems. Includes three original practice questions.
Preview the topics
- A receptionist gets a text message saying that a parcel is waiting, with a link to pay a small fee. What is this?
- At a coffee shop, staff connect to a Wi-Fi network named like the clinic’s, and attackers capture their traffic. What attack is this?
- Attackers break into a software vendor, and push malware inside a normal update to all its customers. What is this?