https://wiki.itcollege.ee/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Dmitpl 2026-05-03T18:58:19Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.45.1 https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=ICS0018_CotW_seminars&diff=146149 2026-02-16T10:19:22Z

<p>Dmitpl: </p> <hr /> <div>=== The idea ===<br /> <br /> The Crook of the Week seminars are meant for student presentations/talks about famous social engineers of the past. Each seminar will host up to <br /> '''four 15-minute presentations''' by different students, plus discussion. The main points of the presentation are<br /> * to introduce the person (biography)<br /> * to explain the motivation behind his/her actions<br /> * to study the ''modus operandi'' (ways) of social engineering by this person<br /> * to outline the main human weaknesses the person exploited (cognitive biases, automatic thinking etc)<br /> * to summarize the main lesson the person teaches us<br /> <br /> A successful presentation will result in passing the course if the attendance criteria (5 out of 8 lectures and seminars) is met. To register a presentation, either log in and write it to the schedule below by yourself, or send an e-mail to Kaido, stating the chosen time and person to cover. '''There are only 16 presentations in total - first come, first served!''' Others would have to resort to other tasks to pass the course!<br /> <br /> <br /> === The Crooks ===<br /> <br /> Note: the list is not exhaustive - feel free to suggest others!<br /> <br /> * Carlo Ponzi<br /> * Victor Lustig<br /> * Frank Abagnale Jr<br /> * Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)<br /> * Kevin Mitnick<br /> * Susan Headley (Suzy Thunder)<br /> * Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)<br /> * Bernie Madoff<br /> * Elizabeth Holmes<br /> * Sam Bankman-Fried<br /> * Mythical and literary characters: Jacob (Old Testament), Odysseus, Iago, Grima Wormtongue...<br /> * BYOC (''Bring Your Own Crook''): introduce a well-known crook from your home country (as we are a very international bunch)!<br /> <br /> === The Seminars ===<br /> <br /> Seminar 1: Tuesday, March 3<br /> * Liisa-Maria Laide - Odysseus<br /> * Mykhailo Bulakhov - Ferdinand Waldo Demara<br /> * Marten Pitsner - Elizabeth Holmes<br /> * Josefine Rosalie Balch Petersen - BYOC (tbd)<br /> <br /> Seminar 2: Tuesday, March 10<br /> * Denys Boiko - Matthew Cox<br /> * Zhiyun Wang - Zhuge Liang<br /> * FREE SPOT<br /> * Patrik Tamm - Gregor MacGregor<br /> <br /> Seminar 3: Tuesday, March 17<br /> * Karl Viiburg - Bernie Madoff<br /> * Gren Paut - Kevin Mitnick<br /> * Klaus Jesper Zaletajev - Carlo Ponzi<br /> * Šimon Semerád - BYOC - Lukáš Kohout<br /> <br /> Seminar 4: Tuesday, March 24<br /> * Armin Schütz - Victor Lustig<br /> * Günther Miklas - Kevin Poulsen<br /> * Oleksii Kolomoiets - Frank Abagnale Jr<br /> * Aleksandr Sokolov - Jordan Belfort<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Social Engineering | Back to the course page]]</div>

Dmitpl https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=ICS0018_Hands-on_seminars&diff=146148 2026-02-16T10:15:12Z

<p>Dmitpl: </p> <hr /> <div>=== The idea ===<br /> <br /> The hands-on seminars are a task for '''teams of three''' (initially based on Kristjan's ScamLab materials). The goal is to learn about different scams in a safe(ish) but real environment. A little side quest is to waste scammers' time so that they can't use it on actual victims. <br /> A successful presentation will result in passing the course if the attendance criteria (5 out of 8 lectures and seminars) is met. To register a presentation, '''please team up and register below''', in your chosen time slot. '''There are limited presentation slots - first come, first served!''' (note: as people sign up, we will probably have to cram as many presentations as possible into each seminar - but the space is not infinite, we will have more or less 90 minutes for each).<br /> <br /> Note: this time, we went from paired work to 3-person teams due to the number of people in the course (the seminar time would not have been enough for pairs).<br /> <br /> === The Task ===<br /> <br /> Step 1: Create a fake identity and honeypot email account for engaging with scammers. Other platforms are also welcome, as long as you are able to protect your identity.<br /> <br /> Step 2: Distribute the email address on shady or spammy sites, such as social media, online forums, etc. Some tips can be found here https://www.quora.com/How-can-I-get-scam-emails<br /> <br /> Step 3: Wait for the scams to start rolling in.<br /> <br /> Step 4: Engage! First select if you're going to use a naïve or aggressive approach. <br /> <br /> If you don't manage to get any scammers to directly email your newly created address, go look in your regular mailbox, in the spam folder, ask friends &amp; family, etc. NB! Before replying to any of those &quot;crowdsourced&quot; scam emails from your fake account, be sure to delete the address it was originally sent to.<br /> <br /> Some tips for safety:<br /> # Never reveal your (or anyone else's) real personal information to the scammers. Make up something realistic.<br /> # Never open any links in emails unless you're in a protected sandbox environment.<br /> # NEVER give out any real financial information, account information, or passwords.<br /> # Always use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Even on your fake accounts.<br /> <br /> Here's the grand prize: if you manage to engage with at least 3 scammers for a message chain of 5 or more (they respond to at least 2 of your messages in the same thread), and present your findings at one of the seminars, '''you pass the course'''. It's not as easy as it might first seem.<br /> <br /> === Alternative task ===<br /> <br /> An alternative way to pass is to educate people in your social network, friends, family, coworkers, etc about scams, how to spot them, how to avoid them, what to do if you're already a victim. If you want to use this option, please contact Kaido (over e-mail or MS Teams) and suggest how would you do it.<br /> <br /> # pre-survey (what do the people know about the topic and what they want to learn - can be done either well ahead in writing or orally before the event, but should be documented)<br /> # training description and syllabus <br /> # training material (typically, presentation slides)<br /> # some photos of the training event (showing that it actually happened)<br /> # post-survey (what did the people learn and how did they evaluate the training)<br /> <br /> The materials listed above should be compressed to a single archive file (e.g. .zip) and sent to Kristjan (via e-mail, Teams or other channel - Google Drive, Dropbox etc) before presenting them in the seminar.<br /> <br /> === Alternative task 2 ===<br /> <br /> Create two spread phishing scenarios:<br /> <br /> # One dynamic, using a ChatGPT prompt to compose the phishing email. The prompt may include context such as the employee’s email address, job title, communication language, country of residence, company name, and industry. GPT has internet access and may use real supplementary information to compose the message. The email must be generated using a single-shot prompt.<br /> # The second scenario is a static HTML email, where the same parameters can be used.<br /> Email will be sent out from existing Phishbite domain pool. Student can define which of the domains will be used.<br /> <br /> <br /> For both templates, when presenting the template, explain why this particular phishing email might be effective. What factors is the phisher exploiting?<br /> <br /> Based on the created scenarios, each phishing email will be sent to 50 randomly selected email addresses of Phishbite client employees.<br /> <br /> Student will get overview of their Phishing emails performance based on the real user testing data.<br /> <br /> They will also get additional feedback from Phishbite team. Top performers may get an offer for an internship with PhishBite.<br /> <br /> '''This task is limited to 20 students. Register below.'''<br /> # Martten Tiitsma<br /> # Dmitri Plotnikov<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> # your_name_here<br /> <br /> === The Seminars ===<br /> <br /> <br /> Seminar 1: Thursday, March 5<br /> * Andres Alexander Jürgenson, Renee Žugov, Kaisa Arge<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> <br /> Seminar 2: Thursday, March 12<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> * Ayaz Zeynalov, Kuzey Arda Bulut. <br /> * ...<br /> <br /> Seminar 3: Thursday, March 19<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> * Alirza Zaidov, Mahammad Seyidzada, Onarbay Yusifov<br /> * ...<br /> <br /> Seminar 4: Thursday, March 26<br /> * ...<br /> * Ruslana Jankovska, Ellen Marie Lasson, Konstantin Tužikov<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> <br /> [[Social Engineering | Back to the course page]]</div>

Dmitpl https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=ICS0018_CotW_seminars&diff=145995 2026-02-02T10:46:01Z

<p>Dmitpl: /* The Seminars */</p> <hr /> <div>=== The idea ===<br /> <br /> The Crook of the Week seminars are meant for student presentations/talks about famous social engineers of the past. Each seminar will host up to <br /> '''four 15-minute presentations''' by different students, plus discussion. The main points of the presentation are<br /> * to introduce the person (biography)<br /> * to explain the motivation behind his/her actions<br /> * to study the ''modus operandi'' (ways) of social engineering by this person<br /> * to outline the main human weaknesses the person exploited (cognitive biases, automatic thinking etc)<br /> * to summarize the main lesson the person teaches us<br /> <br /> A successful presentation will result in passing the course if the attendance criteria (5 out of 8 lectures and seminars) is met. To register a presentation, either log in and write it to the schedule below by yourself, or send an e-mail to Kaido, stating the chosen time and person to cover. '''There are only 16 presentations in total - first come, first served!''' Others would have to resort to other tasks to pass the course!<br /> <br /> <br /> === The Crooks ===<br /> <br /> Note: the list is not exhaustive - feel free to suggest others!<br /> <br /> * Carlo Ponzi<br /> * Victor Lustig<br /> * Frank Abagnale Jr<br /> * Mark Abene (Phiber Optik)<br /> * Kevin Mitnick<br /> * Susan Headley (Suzy Thunder)<br /> * Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante)<br /> * Bernie Madoff<br /> * Elizabeth Holmes<br /> * Sam Bankman-Fried<br /> * Mythical and literary characters: Jacob (Old Testament), Odysseus, Iago, Grima Wormtongue...<br /> * BYOC (''Bring Your Own Crook''): introduce a well-known crook from your home country (as we are a very international bunch)!<br /> <br /> === The Seminars ===<br /> <br /> Seminar 1: Tuesday, March 3<br /> * Liisa-Maria Laide - Odysseus<br /> * Mykhailo Bulakhov - Ferdinand Waldo Demara<br /> * Marten Pitsner - Elizabeth Holmes<br /> * Kaisa Arge- Frank Abagnale Jr<br /> <br /> Seminar 2: Tuesday, March 10<br /> * Denys Boiko - Matthew Cox<br /> * Zhiyun Wang - Zhuge Liang<br /> * Dmitri Plotnikov - Sam Bankman-Fried<br /> * ...<br /> <br /> Seminar 3: Tuesday, March 17<br /> * Karl Viiburg - Bernie Madoff<br /> * Gren Paut<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> <br /> Seminar 4: Tuesday, March 24<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> * ...<br /> <br /> <br /> [[Social Engineering | Back to the course page]]</div>

Dmitpl https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=Exam_schedule&diff=145952 2026-01-02T23:57:14Z

<p>Dmitpl: </p> <hr /> <div>The schedule will be added here later during the course.<br /> <br /> NB! Make sure you're registered for the exam in ÕIS!<br /> <br /> # DEC 30 8:00-8:55<br /> #* Stepan Denysenko<br /> #* Ellen Marie Lasson<br /> #* Remi Tammik<br /> #* Emil Huseynzade<br /> #* Austin Derck<br /> # DEC 30 9:00-9:55<br /> #* Daniel Kotov<br /> #* Nikolai Kharkhan <br /> #* Kirill Kotomtsev<br /> #* Radions Laškovs<br /> #* Remu Salminen<br /> # DEC 30 10:00-10:55<br /> #* Šarlote Stariņa<br /> #* Renee Zugov<br /> #* Midhat Shawl<br /> #* Dumitru Ciobanu<br /> #* Carolin Scholz<br /> # DEC 30 11:00-11:55<br /> #* Nikita Vinogradov<br /> #* Rasmus Simson<br /> #* Carl-Andero Tagamaa<br /> #* Ka Ming Chan<br /> #* Henrik Timmermann<br /> # DEC 30 13:00-13:55<br /> #* Mykhailo Bulakhov<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* Siim Marist<br /> #* Marten Tihanov<br /> #* Liviu Mereacre<br /> # DEC 30 14:00-14:55<br /> #* Andres Alexander Jürgenson<br /> #* Märten Erik Loor<br /> #* Oskar Märtin<br /> #* Kaur Kantsik<br /> #* Liisi Rüüsak<br /> # DEC 30 15:00-15:55<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* Ivan Antipov<br /> #* Jakob Luts<br /> #* Valeri Kozlov<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # DEC 30 16:00-16:55<br /> #* Kuzey Arda Bulut<br /> #* Manivald Umbjärv<br /> #* Kaspars Kusiņš<br /> #* Hulya Ayca Onerge<br /> #* Tõnis Kändmaa<br /> <br /> <br /> # JAN 5 8:00-8:55<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # JAN 5 9:00-9:55<br /> #* Davyd Viniarskyi<br /> #* Konstantin Tužikov<br /> #* Ruslana Jankovska<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # JAN 5 10:00-10:55<br /> #* Lorenz Ritsch<br /> #* Erik-Kristian Einonpoika Kohtala<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # JAN 5 11:00-11:55<br /> #* Marta Meesak<br /> #* Dmitri Plotnikov<br /> #* Maksym Korchan<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # JAN 5 13:00-13:55<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* Arseniy Savustyan<br /> #* Virgo Teos<br /> #* Justin Dakota Kincheloe<br /> #* Aleksander Ader<br /> # JAN 5 14:00-14:55<br /> #* Daniel Sorokin<br /> #* Markkus-Oliver Ollo<br /> #* Hannes Erlich<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # JAN 5 15:00-15:55<br /> #* Nikolozi Khachiashvili<br /> #* Menan Sali<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> # JAN 5 16:00-16:55<br /> #* Mahir Mammadli<br /> #* Aykhan Ahmad<br /> #* Artoghrul Hasanli<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> #* your_name_here<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> [[SPEAIT|Back to the main course page]]</div>

Dmitpl https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=Group_1_seminar_schedule&diff=145368 2025-09-05T13:25:37Z

<p>Dmitpl: </p> <hr /> <div># seminar, Oct 29 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Marten Pitsner<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Dmitri Plotnikov - SolarWinds Cyberattack<br /> #* Andres Alexander Jürgenson<br /> # seminar, Nov 5<br /> #* Nikolai Harhan<br /> #* Carolin Scholz<br /> #* Yaroslav Yekasov - The Role of AI in Shaping Privacy, Security, and Ethics<br /> #* Daniel Kotov - Ethical and Educational Challenges of AI in Student Learning<br /> #* Luca Gluhhov<br /> # seminar, Nov 12 <br /> #* Hannes Erlich<br /> #* Rasmus Simson<br /> #* Liisi Rüüsak – AI Chatbots and the Rewiring of Human Intimacy<br /> #* Sharif Khalilzade<br /> #* Markkus-Oliver Ollo<br /> # seminar, Nov 19 <br /> #* Jakob Luts - Cogito, ergo sum: AI and the question of consciousness<br /> #* Oskar Märtin<br /> #* Aleksandr Sokolov<br /> #* Märten Erik Loor<br /> #* Kaur Kantsik<br /> # seminar, Nov 26 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* [2nd] Dmitri Plotnikov - AI ecological footprint<br /> #* Arseniy Savustyan<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 3 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Emil Huseynzade<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Kirill Kotomtsev<br /> # seminar, Dec 10 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 17 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> <br /> [[SPEAIT|Back to the main course page]]</div>

Dmitpl https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=Group_1_seminar_schedule&diff=145307 2025-09-01T07:53:40Z

<p>Dmitpl: </p> <hr /> <div># seminar, Oct 29 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Marten Pitsner<br /> #* Sharlotte Lim<br /> #* Dmitri Plotnikov<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 5<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 12 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Liisi Rüüsak<br /> #* Sharif Khalilzade<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 19 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 26 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Dmitri Plotnikov<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 3 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 10 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 17 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> <br /> [[SPEAIT|Back to the main course page]]</div>

Dmitpl https://wiki.itcollege.ee/index.php?title=Group_1_seminar_schedule&diff=145306 2025-09-01T07:52:49Z

<p>Dmitpl: </p> <hr /> <div># seminar, Oct 29 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Marten Pitsner<br /> #* Sharlotte Lim<br /> #* Dmitri Plotnikov<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 5<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 12 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* Liisi Rüüsak<br /> #* Sharif Khalilzade<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 19 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Nov 26 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 3 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 10 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> # seminar, Dec 17 <br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> #* YOUR_NAME_HERE<br /> <br /> [[SPEAIT|Back to the main course page]]</div>

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