People in Gedling borough are being challenged to take a new quiz developed by Jigsaw – owned by technology giant Google – to see if they can spot scams developed by hackers.
The eight-question quiz takes participants through a number of phishing scenarios and then challenges them to identify if the attack
Phishing attacks are one of the most common threats to internet users’ security.
Jigsaw has said it created the quiz based on real phishing attempts and it aims to show participants some of the ‘latest techniques’ being deployed by hackers.
After users sign up with their name and email – neither of which has to be real – they’re shown a series of phishing examples.
For each question in the quiz users can choose between two buttons – ‘Phishing’ or ‘Legitimate,’ if they believe the email is real.
Google will then tell you if your selection is correct or incorrect.
It’ll also tell users why the email was legitimate or fake using a series of pop-ups on the screen.
One example in the quiz uses a scenario also based around a real phishing attack that hit Google in 2017, when nearly 1 million users unknowingly clicked a link in an email that sent them to a malicious Google Doc site.
You can take the quiz now and test your phishing knowledge at https://phishingquiz.withgoogle.com/
