relies on lies and misrepresentation to trick an authorized user into providing information or access to an attacker.

"Social engineering" is the correct answer for the above question.

Explanation:

Social engineering is a process, which gives the idea for the hacker or unauthorized user to get inside the system or hack the system.It is used to read the humans data or psychologically hack human data.It teaches the processor by an attacker to be the master of the authorized user. By this, an attacker can able to know the authorized term with the help of an authorized person.The above question asks about the term, which is used to help the hackers to hack the system. This term is known as Social Engineering.

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