Phishing & Social Engineering Defense — Essentials

Plain-language training to recognize and shut down phishing, smishing, vishing, and social-engineering attacks before they cost you. Real examples, a red-flag checklist, and what to do when you click. No technical background needed.

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• How this course works

Domain 1 — What Phishing Really Is

• Social engineering: hacking the human
• The phishing family: email, smishing, vishing, quishing
• Why even smart people get caught

Domain 2 — Spotting the Red Flags

• The sender is lying: display names vs real addresses
• Links and attachments: hover, do not click
• The ask: money, credentials, secrecy, speed

Domain 3 — Real-World Scenarios

• Business Email Compromise (BEC) and CEO fraud
• Account, delivery, and IT support lures
• MFA fatigue, OAuth consent, and the new tricks

Domain 4 — Respond and Build Habits

• You clicked. Now what?
• Verify out-of-band: the one habit that wins
• Make it automatic: your personal checklist

Expanded: Phishing Types Deep Dive

• Spear Phishing & Whaling
• Smishing & Vishing
• Angler, Clone & Pharming
• BEC & CEO Fraud

Expanded: Email Red Flags, Headers & URL Analysis

• Reading Email Red Flags
• Email Headers, SPF, DKIM & DMARC
• URL Dissection
• Spoofing & Lookalike Domains

Expanded: Social Engineering Tactics

• Pretexting & Impersonation
• Baiting & Quid Pro Quo
• Tailgating, Piggybacking & Watering Hole

Expanded: Authentication Defenses (MFA, Passkeys & Credential Harvesting)

• Credential Harvesting
• MFA & Why It Helps
• Passkeys & Password Hygiene

Expanded: Malware, Ransomware & Safe Handling

• Malware Delivery via Phishing
• Ransomware & Its Blast Radius
• Safe Browsing & Attachment Handling

Expanded: Reporting, Incident Response & Scenario Judgement

• Reporting & When You Click
• Incident Response Fundamentals
• Real-World Scenario Judgement

Practice and exam readiness

• Final Mastery Check
• Expanded Mock Exam
• Spaced-repetition flashcard deck (SM-2) for daily review
• Shareable, verifiable completion certificate

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