What testing method did you use?

You are tasked to perform a penetration test. While you are performing information gathering, you find ab employee list in Google. You find receptionist’s email, and you send her an email changing the source email to her boss’s email ( boss@company ). In this email, you ask for a pdf with information. She reads your email and sends back a pdf with links. You exchange the pdf links with your malicious links (these links contain malware) and send back the modified pdf, saying that the links don’t work. She reads your email, opens the links, and her machine gets infected.

What testing method did you use?
A . Piggybacking
B . Tailgating
C . Evesdropping
D . Social engineering

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Answer: D