person holding fishing rod looking at a lake nearing sunset

Phishing

As we have covered in numerous places throughout this camp and your life experience up to this point, there is a lot of stuff on the internet that is not good and there are some bad actors. Because of this, a common form of attack is phishing. Phishing is the creating a page or spoofing a login page to collect your personal information. When done well, phishing attacks are extremely damaging and far spreading. In this module, learn a little bit about phishing and how to protect yourself from phishing attacks. 

Objectives

The purpose of this session is designed to help students understand what to look for when being phished by a bad actor. 

ISTE Standards/MITECS

1d: Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use, and troubleshoot current technologies, and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies.

2d: Manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online.