This course contains the use of artificial intelligence. The animated visuals and voice narration are AI-generated; every lesson is scripted, fact-checked and quality-reviewed by the instructor.

Cyber attacks are no longer just an IT problem — they arrive in your inbox, your text messages, and your phone calls. This course gives you a complete, beginner-friendly map of 20 major types of cyber attack, and the practical habits that stop them.

Every lesson is a short (2–7 minute) animated explainer in plain language. Each attack is taught the way a good teacher would explain it: an everyday analogy first — phishing opens with a fisherman hiding a hook inside bait — then what the attack is, how it actually works, and exactly how to protect yourself. The biggest threats (phishing, ransomware, password attacks and DDoS) each include a real-world case study: the forged-invoice con that tricked Google and Facebook out of more than $100 million, WannaCry's global outbreak, the 23andMe credential-stuffing breach, and the Mirai botnet that knocked Twitter, Netflix and Reddit offline for a morning.

What you'll cover:

• Social engineering — phishing, smishing & vishing, spear phishing, and whaling (including deepfake CEO fraud)

No technical background is required, and captions are provided for every lecture.

By the end, you won't just know the names of these attacks — you'll recognize them when they knock, and you'll know exactly what to do.

— Vinay Vernekar, CodeSierra Tech