Hacking and Social Engineering: Baiting

Hacking and Social Engineering
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Describe three background or historical details about this type of attack.
Detail 1: The history of baiting as a form of computer attack can be traced to the Greek mythology that describes Ulysses’ change of tactics after a decade-old battle to the application of a trojan horse that had dire consequences for the Trojan army.
Detail 2: Greek soldiers were hidden in the Trojan horse, emerging at night to open the gates for their comrades and attack Troy, just as hackers use various traps to hide malware (Corsín Jiménez, 1)
Detail 3: Just like Ulysses, the hacker entices the targeted user with a free item that can be redeemed after following a given link that activates the malware.
Provide three details about the specific attack you located.
Detail 1: One of the most common approaches that hackers use in baiting is dropping conspicuous flash drives with malware where they can be easily seen by the potential victim allowing the installation of malware onto the potential target device once they a...