Information Security: Text-Based Phishing
Course Overview
You might have heard of phishing. Phishing scams are messages which try to trick you into giving up sensitive information or money.
While email phishing has been common for a long time, phishing by text message is a growing trend in cybercrime.
Text-based fraud is becoming more sophisticated, and falling victim can have serious consequences.
Fortunately, you can minimize your risk by adopting some simple strategies.
In this course, we’ll learn what text-based phishing looks like. Then we’ll learn how you can protect yourself.
Course Objectives
- What is Text-based Phishing?
- How to Recognize Phishing Text Messages
- Hazards of Text Phishing
- How To Protect Yourself
