Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Practice Question

The scenario relies on pretexting, a social-engineering technique in which an attacker invents a credible back-story (the "pretext") to create a sense of legitimacy and authority. By posing as an internal technician with an urgent technical reason, the attacker manipulates the victim into trusting the request and divulging sensitive data. Baiting depends on offering something enticing, phishing is typically delivered through fraudulent emails or messages, and tailgating involves physically following someone into a restricted area. None of those match the telephone ruse built on a fabricated identity and scenario.