Phishing Attacks

Phishing attacks are mainly using links (shortened URLS) to get you to give them...

• money

• coffee

• personal information

True or False: Phishing attacks are NOT common

• True

• False

What percentage of people were unable to IDENTIFY sophisticated (advanced) phishing email attacks?

• 15%

• 25%

• 57%

• 97%

Targeted attacks that focus on ONE person are called __________ phishing.

• ninja

• spear

• sword

• big

What 2 places do scammers commonly use information from to create targeted spear phishing attacks? [Choose 2]

• Social Media

• Identification Cards

• Online public records

• Libraries

What made Mike McFly (and others) easy to target for a spear phishing attack?

• Uses Facebook

• Uses Social Media

• Privacy settings allows anyone AND everyone to know where he is and what he is doing.

• Doesn't like coffee

True or False: The spear phishing attack targeted one of Mike McFly's coworkers, not Mike McFly.

• True

• False

True or False: The best way to avoid a URL or Link that you don't trust from an EMAIL is to go to the website independently without using the URL.

• True

• False

The Phishing video author's best advice when opening an unknown link or URL is...

• Open every and all shortened URLS and Links

• Exercise Extreme Caution

• Open some URLS, but not unknown Links

"When someone poses (acts) as an institution, like a bank or a school, and sends you a personalized message asking you to provide private information." is called...

• internet scam

• identity theft

• private information

• phishing