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Social Engineering — What NZ Students Need to Know

A practical guide to recognising manipulation tactics — phishing, vishing, pretexting, and baiting — before they catch you off guard. Built for NZ students, with NZ-specific reporting paths.

Once you've reviewed social engineering basics, the next step is putting those recognition skills into practice with real examples: How to Spot Phishing Scams and Fake Messages.

What this section covers

• Social engineering tactics: recognise before you react
• Phishing: anatomy of a fake message
• Digital safety habits that stick
• Your digital footprint and what it says about you
• Passwords, passphrases, and MFA — the foundations