Cyber Security

Spoofing Attacks

Scammers use ‘spoofing’ techniques to pretend to be someone or something that they aren’t. Why do they do it? To get access to your money or data, or to gain access to your device or your school's system. Spoofing can mean that you get tricked into clicking on malicious links or downloading malicious software. Falling for these nasty tricks or always believing that emails and texts are genuine puts you or your school at risk of loss. So, it’s essential that you know what to look for and how to avoid becoming a victim of a spoofing attack.

Learning outcomes:

Recognise the types of spoofing
Explain how spoofing attacks work
Demonstrate how to detect and protect against spoofing attacks

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What you will learn

Who is this course for

This cyber security in schools training course will help you to recognise the most common types of spoofing, so you know what to look out for. It’ll explain how spoofing attacks work so you know how fraudsters use these techniques and what they stand to gain from them. This online school safety training course also demonstrates how to detect and protect yourself against spoofing attacks, so you can stay safe and protect your school's data and systems.

With similarities to a phishing awareness course, spoofing is another way a criminal could get your data. Everyone will find this course useful because anyone who uses a phone or computer could become the victim of a spoofing attack, where cyber criminals trick you into clicking malicious links or downloading malicious software.

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This course also has an assessment at the end which allows learners to test their understanding and helps businesses demonstrate a level of competence in the topic.

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Everyone has the right to learn and learner need can vary depending on environment or disabilities. To support this diversity, we provide transcripts so people have text options for media, alongside subtitles for all videos.