This quiz is meant to test your understanding of secure passwords. Click on the title and answer the following questions in the submission box: What are the characteristics of a secure password? Why is phishing harmful?

A secure password has the following characteristics:

long - it should be more than 15 characters mix of characters - it should composed of letters (uppercase and lowercase), numbers and symbols don't use dictionary word - avoid using common words such as "orange", "password" don't use memorable key paths - avoid using the sequential letter or numbers such as "abc123"

Phishing is a kind of social engineering where a cyber criminals trying to trick the victims to get benefit from them. For example, a cyber criminal can send a phishing email to tell the victims about something wrong with their credit card or bank account and provide a malicious link and persuade the victim to access their fake website that resembles an official bank website. From there, the victims can send credential info to the cyber criminals without their awareness. Phishing can also be done through phone call. Phishing is harmful as a victim can fall into the trap of disclosing highly critical credential info that incur a huge loss of money.