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Social Engineering — Phishing, Pretexting, Baiting and Shouldering

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Eduqas/WJEC ICT 5539, Unit 1 (1.3.1) — the opening lesson of the risk and protection block. Social engineering is a HUMAN attack, not a technical one: it manipulates or deceives a person into handing over information or access, rather than breaking any software or hardware. Covers phishing (inclu…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval from Last Lesson (Cloud vs In-House, Data in Transit)
  2. Keywords for This Lesson
  3. Hinge Question — What Actually Is Social Engineering?
  4. Starting a New Block — Risk and Protection
  5. Four Techniques, One Idea
  6. Phishing — Casting a Wide Net
  7. Hinge Question — Is a Professional Look Enough to Trust a Message?
  8. Pretexting and Baiting — Inventing a Reason, or Leaving a Lure
  9. Shouldering — The Simplest Attack of All
  10. Discuss — Getting Caught Out Isn't Stupidity
  11. Defending Against Social Engineering
  12. Main Activity, Part 1 — Silverdale Insurance: Name the Technique
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