A(n) is a category of object, person, or other entity that poses a potential risk of loss to an attacks may involve individuals posing as new employees or as current employees desperately requesting assistance to avoid getting fired. when a computer is the of an attack, it is used as an active tool to conduct the attack.

- Threat.

- Social Engineering.

- Subject.

Explanation:

- In the first section, 'Threat' would be demonstrated as the category or type of person, thing, or any other unit/entity that indicates a potential danger or risk of losing something valuable(asset). It exemplify a kind of impending hazard or menace(could be a person, object or entity that intends to inflict pain or harm in some way) that could bring serious harm to you or your assets.

- 'Social Engineering' attacks could involve the individuals who are posing themselves either as the new employees or current employees ambitiously requesting support in order to prevent themselves from being fired. These people(social engineers) tend to psychologically attack the frailty that lies in every individual and manipulate their decisions maliciously.

- In a case of the computer being the 'subject of an attack', it is actively employed as a tool to hack the data along with the important information by keeping their identity hidden and conduct various cyber attacks like 'ransomeware attack', etc.

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