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CompTIA Security+ study material · question 438 of 611

An attacker calls the help desk posing as a travelling executive locked out before a board meeting. Which social engineering element is central?

• Threats

1. An exploit for the help desk software
2. A watering-hole compromise
3. A pretext that makes the request feel reasonable
4. A stolen session identifier

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