Phil the Little Fish Teaches Internet Users about Phishing

Carnegie Mellon University is one of the top-ranked university centers, being recognized for its global research programs covering disciplines like arts, technology, social sciences, management, business and computer science.
Its researchers have recently developed an on-line game called Anti-Phishing Phil, specially designed for teaching Internet users why how to avoid phishing.



The main character of the game is a fish named Phil who shows players how to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent URLs.
Players get tips on how to examine the URLs, how to read web addresses and understand where it is pointing to, and how to use Google to validate URLs against search results.
Players get also scoring points during each round and at the end of each round they receive feedback telling them where did they mistake and why.



People who will go to the website to play the game will first take a short quiz and then start the game.
At the end they will take the last survey having the chance to enter a raffle to win a 100$ Amazon.com gift card.



The intentions of this game are clear.
It is meant to open the eyes of the people about phishing attacks offering them the possibility of learning how to protect themselves and having fun in the same time.



The game is actually part of a larger project funded by the National Science Foundation and the Army Research Office.