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Social Engineering
Attacks on people instead of machines.
About this module
Social engineering attacks the human, not the machine. It is often easier to trick a person into giving up a password than to break strong encryption — no firewall stops a helpful employee from being fooled. This module teaches the techniques so you can recognize and defend against them, and it is defense-focused by nature: the whole point is to build the "human firewall".
What you will learn
- What social engineering is and its phases
- Human-based techniques (tailgating, dumpster diving)
- Phishing and its types
- Mobile attacks and insider threats
- Impersonation and identity theft
- Countermeasures, detection and training
Module roadmap
01Social Engineering BasicsLesson 1 · ~4 min
02Human-based TechniquesLesson 2 · ~5 min
03Phishing & Its TypesLesson 3 · ~5 min
04Phishing Tools & Mobile AttacksLesson 4 · ~4 min
05Insider ThreatsLesson 5 · ~5 min
06Social Networking & ImpersonationLesson 6 · ~4 min
07Identity TheftLesson 7 · ~4 min
08Social Engineering CountermeasuresLesson 8 · ~4 min
09Lab: Spot the PhishLab · ~30 min
10AssessmentAssessment · ~5 min
How to study: read a lesson → answer its 2 "Check yourself" questions → do the lab → pass the assessment with 80%+. Lessons 1, 2, 3 and 5 are the most tested. The lab is a safe phishing-spotting exercise.