April 2, 2021 Opener

Phishing is the art of sending bogus but real-looking emails to get someone’s information, such as login credentials or bank account numbers. It is very effective especially when crafted for a particular user (this is called spearphishing.

Let’s look at some emails and see how well we can identify phishing attacks by taking a short, fun test from Intradyn:

Phishing test


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Matt Bishop
Office: 2209 Watershed Sciences
Phone: +1 (530) 752-8060
Email: mabishop@ucdavis.edu
ECS 153, Computer Security
Version of April 1, 2021 at 12:08AM

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