Cybersecurity Foundations
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Cybersecurity · Common Attacks

What is Phishing?

Spot messages designed to steal information or pressure you into an unsafe action.

2 min micro-lesson
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Learning objective

What you will understand

Explain the role and meaning of “Phishing” and connect it to a familiar technology scenario.

Key ideas

  • Sender clues
  • Suspicious links
  • Urgency and impersonation

Try it

Inspect a sample email and mark every phishing indicator.

Quick recap

Spot messages designed to steal information or pressure you into an unsafe action.