Cybersecurity Awareness: Phishing and Whaling

Learn more about phishing, how to spot and catch a phish, and how to protect yourself from digital attacks.

Introduction

• About phishing attacks

1. An Overview of Phishing

• Phishing: The dangers of email
• Money is the motive: The reason behind phishing
• How does phishing affect us?
• A review of the psychology behind social engineering attacks

2. Different Types of Phishing Attacks

• Is it a harmless unknown caller or vishing?
• Unfriended: How to spot a social media phish
• Getting specific with targeted phishing attacks
• SMS phishing: A text-based attack
• Other notable methods of phishing

3. How to Catch a Phish

• What makes phishing attacks successful?
• Catch a phish red-handed: Common indicators of a phish
• Is this a phish? Real-world examples of phishing attacks

4. How to Defend against Phishing Attacks

• The most common ways to defend against a phish
• 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

• Next steps and takeaways