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    Threat Type               Definition                       Working                   Example
                      Emotet           A sophisticated modular         Initially distributed through     Malicious
                                       malware primarily used as       spam emails, it downloads         email
                                       a banking Trojan but later      additional payloads, steals       attachments
                                       evolved into a platform for     credentials, spreads laterally    are spreading
                                       delivering multiple malware  through networks, and                Emotet across
                                       strains.                        creates backdoors for further  corporate
                                                                       attacks.                          networks.

                      DoS / DDoS       Attacks designed to             Attackers use multiple            A commercial
                      Attacks          overwhelm a system,             compromised devices to            website is
                                       network, or service by          send high volumes of traffic,     going offline
                                       flooding it with excessive      exhausting server resources,      due to a
                                       traffic, rendering it           causing slowdowns or              massive DDoS
                                       unavailable to legitimate       complete service outages.         attack.
                                       users.

                      Cloud            Security weaknesses             Arises from poor access           Data
                      Vulnerabilities  in cloud infrastructure,        control, outdated APIs,           leakage from
                                       configurations, or services     misconfigurations, or flaws       misconfigured
                                       can expose sensitive data or  in virtualisation architecture,     cloud storage
                                       compromise digital assets.      enabling unauthorised             buckets.
                                                                       access, data breaches, or
                                                                       service disruption.

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                                              TRUST TRAP ROLE-PLAY                              Century   #Collaboration
                                                                                                 Skills  #Social Interaction

                     With the help of role play, demonstrate the concept of social engineering. The tasks for the roleplay are as
                     follows:

                         Students are given scenario cards:
                        o  Fake bank call
                        o  Delivery person asking for OTP

                        o  Fake tech-support
                         One student plays the “attacker,” another plays the “victim.”
                         Class observes and identifies:

                        o  What trick was used (fear, urgency, authority)
                        o  How the victim could stay safe

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