Computer Science / Unit 11 CS 0626 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Phishing
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The idea
Phishing is the form of social engineering tricking users into providing personal information through fake emails or texts posing as legitimate companies — an attack on judgment, not code.
In practice
A message that looks like the bank, sounds like the bank, and is not the bank.
Where people slip
The best-patched system still has a person reading email.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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