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Tech Tip Tuesday (October 28, 2025)

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October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month


The Final Boss: Social Engineering

(The art of manipulating or deceiving you into taking an action or divulging sensitive information.)

Watch out for these three types:


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The Doppelgänger and the Art of Social Engineering

Meet The Doppelgänger! This is a cyber trickster who doesn’t hack computers. He hacks people. Through emails, texts, phone calls, or even face-to-face conversations, social engineers use trust, fear, and urgency to trick you into giving up passwords, clicking links, or letting them in the door.

They might impersonate a coworker, a vendor, or even IT support — anything to make you act fast and skip thinking.

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The Threat: Manipulation Over Machines

 

 

 

 

How to Outsmart the Doppelgänger

  • 🛑 Stop, Look, Think before responding to any unexpected message or visitor.



  • 📞 Verify requests using a known contact method — don’t reply directly to suspicious emails.



  • 🔒 Never share passwords or MFA codes. IT will never ask for them.



  • 🚷 Report anything suspicious to IT or your site tech team immediately.

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Blaze King

Director of Information Technology

Email: bking@ulusd.org
Website: ulusd.org
Location: 750 Old Lucerne Road, Upper Lake, CA, USA
Phone: 707-275-9139
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