問題詳情

閱讀測驗 44-46In computing, phishing is a criminal activity using social engineering techniques. Phishers attemptto fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, bymasquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. PayPal and eBay are two of themost targeted companies, and online banks are also common targets. Phishing is typically carried outusing email or an instant message and often directs users to give details at a website, although phonecontact has been used as well. Attempts to deal with the growing number of reported phishing incidentsinclude legislation, user training, and technical measures.The first recorded mention of the word “phishing” is on the alt.online-service.america-online Usenetnewsgroup on January 2, 1996, although the term may have appeared even earlier in the print edition ofthe hacker magazine 2600. The term phishing is a variant of “fishing”, probably influenced by“phreaking”, and alludes to the use of increasingly sophisticated lures to "fish” for users’ financialinformation and passwords. These words are examples of so called leetspeak, which is a form ofsymbolic writing in which alternative characters are used to replace some letters. In leetspeak, ph is acommon substitution for f.
44. According to the passage, which of the following is probably an example of leetspeak?
(A) n00b = newbie
(B) e-mail = electronic mail
(C) www = world wide web
(D) chat = chatter

參考答案

答案：A
難度：適中0.430233
統計：A(37),B(17),C(19),D(7),E(0)

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