Question

You may throw some confidential file in a dustbin which contains some of your personal data. Hackers can take your data from that thrown-away file also, using the technique _________

(a) Dumpster diving

(b) Shoulder surfing

(c) Phishing

(d) Spamming

This question was posed to me in unit test.

This interesting question is from How Security Breach Takes Place topic in chapter Security Ethics, Security Breach Scenarios & Corporate Security of Cyber Security

Answer 1

Correct option is (a) Dumpster diving

Easy explanation: Dumpster diving is a social engineering technique used by hackers to grab your personal and confidential data from that thrown-away file also. Using these data attackers may use password guessing or fraud calls (if they find your personal phone number).