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ICS0018 Hands-on seminars

2026-02-18T10:50:52Z

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=== The idea ===

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.
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).

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).

=== The Task ===

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.

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

Step 3: Wait for the scams to start rolling in.

Step 4: Engage! First select if you're going to use a naïve or aggressive approach.

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 & family, etc. NB! Before replying to any of those "crowdsourced" scam emails from your fake account, be sure to delete the address it was originally sent to.

Some tips for safety:
# Never reveal your (or anyone else's) real personal information to the scammers. Make up something realistic.
# Never open any links in emails unless you're in a protected sandbox environment.
# NEVER give out any real financial information, account information, or passwords.
# Always use Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). Even on your fake accounts.

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.

=== Alternative task ===

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.

# 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)
# training description and syllabus
# training material (typically, presentation slides)
# some photos of the training event (showing that it actually happened)
# post-survey (what did the people learn and how did they evaluate the training)

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.

=== Alternative task 2 ===

Create two spread phishing scenarios:

# 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.
# The second scenario is a static HTML email, where the same parameters can be used.
Email will be sent out from existing Phishbite domain pool. Student can define which of the domains will be used.

For both templates, when presenting the template, explain why this particular phishing email might be effective. What factors is the phisher exploiting?

Based on the created scenarios, each phishing email will be sent to 50 randomly selected email addresses of Phishbite client employees.

Student will get overview of their Phishing emails performance based on the real user testing data.

They will also get additional feedback from Phishbite team. Top performers may get an offer for an internship with PhishBite.

To complete the task, email your scenarios to Urmo (cc: Kristjan) not later than '''march 10, 2026'''.

'''This task is limited to 20 students. Register below.'''
# Martten Tiitsma
# Dmitri Plotnikov
# Jan Albers
# Kamil Błasiak
# Andres Alexander Jürgenson
# Renee Žugov
# Kaisa Arge
# Juss Roderick Janson
# Idrees Muhammad
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here
# your_name_here

=== The Seminars ===

Seminar 1: Thursday, March 5
* ...
* ...
* ...
* ...

Seminar 2: Thursday, March 12
* ...
* Daniel Slavoševski, Maksym Fedorov, Danila Karotam
* Ayaz Zeynalov, Kuzey Arda Bulut.
* Tõnis Kändmaa

Seminar 3: Thursday, March 19
* Idrees M,
* Tomas Silva, Anna Sulkhanishvili, Toghrul Aghayev
* Alirza Zaidov, Mahammad Seyidzada, Onarbay Yusifov
* Henri Tõnnus, Isabel Zimmermann, Märten Pikkof

Seminar 4: Thursday, March 26
* ...
* Ruslana Jankovska, Ellen Marie Lasson, Konstantin Tužikov
* ...
* RESERVED for Urmo to talk about the phishing simulation results.

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Exam schedule

2025-12-29T15:01:06Z

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The schedule will be added here later during the course.

NB! Make sure you're registered for the exam in ÕIS!

# DEC 30 8:00-8:55
#* Dumitru Ciobanu
#* Ellen Marie Lasson
#* Remi Tammik
#* Emil Huseynzade
#* Austin Derck
# DEC 30 9:00-9:55
#* Daniel Kotov
#* Nikolai Kharkhan
#* Kirill Kotomtsev
#* Radions Laškovs
#* Remu Salminen
# DEC 30 10:00-10:55
#* Šarlote Stariņa
#* Renee Zugov
#* Midhat Shawl
#* ____Empty space____
#* Carolin Scholz
# DEC 30 11:00-11:55
#* Nikita Vinogradov
#* Rasmus Simson
#* Carl-Andero Tagamaa
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# DEC 30 13:00-13:55
#* Mykhailo Bulakhov
#* your_name_here
#* Siim Marist
#* Marten Tihanov
#* Liviu Mereacre
# DEC 30 14:00-14:55
#* Andres Alexander Jürgenson
#* Märten Erik Loor
#* Oskar Märtin
#* Kaur Kantsik
#* Liisi Rüüsak
# DEC 30 15:00-15:55
#* Chihpei Tsai
#* Ivan Antipov
#* Jakob Luts
#* Valeri Kozlov
#* your_name_here
# DEC 30 16:00-16:55
#* your_name_here
#* Manivald Umbjärv
#* Kaspars Kusiņš
#* Hulya Ayca Onerge
#* Tõnis Kändmaa

# JAN 5 8:00-8:55
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 9:00-9:55
#* Davyd Viniarskyi
#* Konstantin Tužikov
#* Ruslana Jankovska
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 10:00-10:55
#* Lorenz Ritsch
#* Erik-Kristian Einonpoika Kohtala
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 11:00-11:55
#* Marta Meesak
#* your_name_here
#* Maksym Korchan
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 13:00-13:55
#* Menan Sali
#* Arseniy Savustyan
#* Virgo Teos
#* Justin Dakota Kincheloe
#* Aleksander Ader
# JAN 5 14:00-14:55
#* Daniel Sorokin
#* Markkus-Oliver Ollo
#* Hannes Erlich
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 15:00-15:55
#* Nikolozi Khachiashvili
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 16:00-16:55
#* Mahir Mammadli
#* Aykhan Ahmad
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here

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Exam schedule

2025-12-04T21:33:41Z

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The schedule will be added here later during the course.

NB! Make sure you're registered for the exam in ÕIS!

(schedule draft, not yet in ÕIS)

# DEC 30 8:00-8:55
#* your_name_here
#* Danila Ivanov
#* Remi Tammik
#* your_name_here
#* Austin Derck
# DEC 30 9:00-9:55
#* Daniel Kotov
#* Nikolai Kharkhan
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# DEC 30 10:00-10:55
#* your_name_here
#* Britten Remmelkoor
#* Maksym Korchan
#* your_name_here
#* Carolin Scholz
# DEC 30 11:00-11:55
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# DEC 30 13:00-13:55
#* Mykhailo Bulakhov
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# DEC 30 14:00-14:55
#* Andres Alexander Jürgenson
#* Märten Erik Loor
#* Oskar Märtin
#* Kaur Kantsik
#* Liisi Rüüsak
# DEC 30 15:00-15:55
#* Chihpei Tsai
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* Tõnis Kändmaa
# DEC 30 16:00-16:55
#* Renee Zugov
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here

# JAN 5 8:00-8:55
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 9:00-9:55
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 10:00-10:55
#* Lorenz Ritsch
#* Erik-Kristian Einonpoika Kohtala
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 11:00-11:55
#* Marta Meesak
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 13:00-13:55
#* Menan Sali
#* Arseniy Savustyan
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 14:00-14:55
#* Daniel Sorokin
#* Markkus-Oliver Ollo
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 15:00-15:55
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
# JAN 5 16:00-16:55
#* Dumitru Ciobanu
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here
#* your_name_here

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Group 1 seminar schedule

2025-10-22T10:43:04Z

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# seminar, Oct 29 8:15-9:45
#* Alexandar Nikolov - Government Surveillance vs. Civil Liberties
#* Marten Pitsner - Ethical Issues of Internet Cookies
#* Austin Derck - Trusted Computing
#* Dmitri Plotnikov - SolarWinds Cyberattack
#* Andres Alexander Jürgenson - The Human Vulnerability in Cybersecurity
# seminar, Nov 5 8:15-9:45
#* Nikolai Harhan
#* Carolin Scholz - Algorithms at the Gate: Ethical Dilemmas in AI-Driven Recruitment
#* Yaroslav Yekasov - Deep analysis of the social and practical aspects of collecting user data
#* Daniel Kotov - Ethical and Educational Challenges of AI in Student Learning
#* Luca Gluhhov
# seminar, Nov 6 10:00-10:30
#* Andreas Müller
#* Lenna-Lee Raspel - Torrenting
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
#* YOUR_NAME_HERE
# seminar, Nov 12 8:15-9:45
#* Hannes Erlich
#* Rasmus Simson - Autonomous Weapons and AI Accountability
#* Liisi Rüüsak – AI Chatbots and the Rewiring of Human Intimacy
#* Tõnis Kändmaa - AI surveillance
#* Markkus-Oliver Ollo - 2007 Estonian Cyberattacks: The Dawn of Cyberwarfare
# seminar, Nov 19 8:15-9:45
#* Jakob Luts - Cogito, ergo sum: AI and the question of consciousness
#* Oskar Märtin
#* Aleksandr Sokolov - The Thin Line Between Ethical and Unethical Hacking
#* Märten Erik Loor
#* Kaur Kantsik - Russian cyberwarfare in Ukraine
# seminar, Nov 20 10:00-10:30
#* Kaur Kaljola
#* Marten Pitsner
#* Lenna-Lee Raspel (2)
#* Kuzey Arda Bulut - The Rise of the Commercial Surveillance Industry
#* Kaisa Arge - i-voting (to be specified)
# seminar, Nov 26 8:15-9:45
#* Javid Malikzade
#* [2nd] Dmitri Plotnikov - AI ecological footprint
#* Arseniy Savustyan
#* Annabel Marist - Tea app scandal
#* Sharif Khalilzade
# seminar, Dec 3 8:15-9:45
#* Alexandar Nikolov - Workplace Surveillance
#* Ka Ming Chan
#* [2nd]Mehin Hajizada
#* Ellen Marie Lasson
#* Kirill Kotomtsev - Open Source (to be specified later)
# seminar, Dec 4 10:00-10:30
#* Emil Huseynzade - Off-Grid Communication
#* Amina Nurillaeva
#* [2nd] Kaur Kaljola
#* [2nd] Huseyn Mirjavadov Cyber bullying on Social Media Platforms
#* Janar Täht
# seminar, Dec 10 8:15-9:45
#* Ivan Antipov - Scrum: Reasons, Strengths and Weaknesses
#* Kermo Kolsar
#* Marta Meesak - Searching for People Online: Ethical and Privacy Issues
#* Danila Ivanov - Passwords vs. Biometric Authentication
#* Akif Garayev - Data Privacy and Professional Responsibility in the Digital Era
# seminar, Dec 17 8:15-9:45
#* Nikolozi Khachiashvili
#* Niki Sakvarelidze
#* Britten Remmelkoor
#* Liviu Mereacre - Information Warfare on Social Platforms
#* Maksim Balašov
# seminar, Dec 18 10:00-10:30
#* [2nd]Kaan Metin
#* Rannel Lillinurm -
#* Virgo Teos
#* [2nd] Danila Ivanov
#* Kaisa Arge (2nd)

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