13.3.8

Which of the following BEST describes phishing?

A fraudulent email that claims to be from a trusted organization.

Which of the following would you do to help protect against phishing?

A fraudulent email that claims to be from a trusted organization.

You have been receiving a lot of phishing emails sent from the domain kenyan.msn.pl. Links within these emails open new browser windows at youneedit.com.pl. You want to make sure that these emails never reach your inbox, but you also want to make sure that emails from other senders are not affected. What should you do?

Add kenyan.msn.pl to the email blacklist.

Which of the following BEST describes an email security gateway?

It monitors emails that originate from an organization.

You install a new Linux distribution on a server in your network. The distribution includes a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) daemon that is enabled by default when the system boots. The SMTP daemon does not require authentication to send email messages. Which type of email attack is this server susceptible to?

Open SMTP relay

Which of the following mechanisms can you use to add encryption to email? (Select two.)

PGP ];S/MIME

Users in your organization receive email messages informing them that suspicious activity has been detected on their bank accounts. They are directed to click a link in the email to verify their online banking username and password. The URL in the link is in the .ru top-level DNS domain. Which kind of attack has occurred?

Phishing

An attacker sends an unwanted and unsolicited email message to multiple recipients with an attachment that contains malware. Which kind of attack has occurred in this scenario?

Spam

If an SMTP server is not properly and securely configured, it can be hijacked and used maliciously as an SMTP relay agent. Which activity could result if this happens?

Spamming

Which type of malicious activity can be described as numerous unwanted and unsolicited email messages sent to a wide range of victims?

Spamming