County employees receive SMS messages saying “update your Wi-Fi password” with a link to a fake portal that asks for municipal network credentials. Which attack category best fits?
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Short Explanation
That text is a con artist in a hard hat—“click here to fix Wi-Fi”—not a radio glitch. Social engineering and phishing steal secrets by tricking people, not by breaking AES. Treat the link like a stranger asking for the city badge.
Full Explanation
Phishing and other social engineering target users rather than cryptographic primitives. WLAN-themed lures (fake password-reset SMS, fraudulent captive portals) seek credentials or malicious profile installs that later enable unauthorized access or MITM. Recognizing the human-vector pattern is required under CWSP Domain 2 attack explanations.