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Cybersecurity Awareness: Phishing Attacks

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Overview

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Can you spot a phish?
1. An Overview of Phishing
  • Phishing: Understanding cyber deception
  • How does phishing affect us?
  • The human biases behind phishing attacks
2. How to Catch a Phish
  • Triggered: The surprising psychology behind a click
  • Catch a phish red-handed: Common indicators of a phish
  • Is this a phish? Real-world examples of phishing attacks
3. Different Types of Phishing Attacks
  • Is it a harmless unknown caller or vishing?
  • Unfollowed: How to spot a social media phish
  • Getting specific with targeted phishing attacks
  • SMS phishing: A text-based attack
  • The AI of it all: How is AI affecting phishing?
  • Other notable methods of phishing
4. How to Defend against Phishing Attacks
  • How technology helps with the fight against phishing attacks
  • Practice makes perfect: An overview of phishing simulations
5. What Happens If You Fall for a Phish
  • Responding to a phishing attack at work
  • Falling for a phishing attack at home
Conclusion
  • The future of phishing
  • Your personal phishing response kit

Taught by

Todd Edmands

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