Social engineering attacks still present a threat to organizations and individuals for all of the following reasons except:

Question $2$ Answer

a$.$

Most targeted individuals don$$t see the harm in responding or in answering simple questions posed by the attacker.

b$.$

Most people believe they are too smart to fall for such obvious ploys, but they do anyway.

c$.$

Most targeted individuals and organizations have effective tools and procedures to filter out phishing and related scams, so they are now better protected from such attacks.

d$.$

Most people want to be trusting and helpful.