Internet safety

general courses

(in Polish) Nick Ioannou, "Internet Security Fundamentals: Practical Steps To Increase Your Online Security"

Kevin Mitnick, "Duch w sieci"

Christopher Hadnagy, "Socjotechnika"

Wojciech Orliński, "Internet. Czas się bać."

Is the Internet a safe place? – definitely not, but you don’t necessarily need to be an easy target/low-hanging fruit for hackers. By acquiring some knowledge and learning some rules you can definitely improve your safety level.

The purpose of this course is to teach you how the Internet works and about its intrinsic vulnerabilities. It will show you what you shouldn’t do, and offer a short explanation of why it is dangerous. For example, it will be explained why it is compulsory to use so many different passwords, how to create a good password and why even a very strong password could be not a sufficient measure against criminals.

Is the Internet a safe place? – definitely not, but you don’t necessarily need to be an easy target/low-hanging fruit for hackers. By acquiring some knowledge and learning some rules you can definitely improve your safety level.

The purpose of this course is to teach you how the Internet works and about its intrinsic vulnerabilities. It will show you what you shouldn’t do, and offer a short explanation of why it is dangerous. For example, it will be explained why it is compulsory to use so many different passwords, how to create a good password and why even a very strong password could be not a sufficient measure against criminals.

The course is divided into fifteen, short lectures, and each of them is associated with a few test questions. A database of those questions will be applied for the final assessment (also in form of a test).

• Leo A. Notenboom, "(The ASK LEO! Guide to) Staying Safe on the Internet"

• Nick Ioannou, "Internet Security Fundamentals: Practical Steps To Increase Your Online Security"

• Bruce Schneier, "Secrets & Lies"

• Christopher Hadnagy, "Social Engineering",

• Kevin Mitnick, "Ghost in the Wire"

Knowledge:

K_W1. Know the basics of the Internet structure.

K_W2. Know the structure of the e-mail header, and know which its parts can be easily forged.

K_W3. Know how the www/Internet webpage works.

K_W4. Know the categories of malware and how to protect against it..

K_W5: Know the basic social engineering techniques commonly used by criminals.

Skills:

K_U1: Can create sufficiently complex and various passwords.

K_U2: Can read the e-mail header and identify information about its sender.

K_U3: Can identify risky links.

K_U4: Can recognise attempt of attack with use of the social engineering. .

Social competence

K_K1: Know the importance of protecting of himself for the protection of friends and co-workers (e.g. in the local subnet).

K_K2: Is aware of the constant progress in Internet content as well as in criminal methods and techniques.

Final test.