Tulsa Tech Cyber Security Students Teach Class On Different Forms Of Hacking

October is Cyber Security Awareness month and cyber security students at Tulsa Tech taught others how to stay safe from different forms of hacking.

Halloween decorations were everywhere inside an airplane hangar at Tulsa Tech's Riverside campus, but they weren't the only scary thing students saw.

"We have a hack house tonight, to talk about typosquatting, that's our presentation," said student Eduardo Gomez. 

Under the cobwebs, students made sense of what might be confusing topics.

"It's basically just like about accidentally misspelling a link or a word in a link, it basically misdirects you into a very malicious site that basically steals all of your information and credentials," Gomez said. 

As students listened to each presentation, they learned about different types of hacking, the dangers that can happen, and how to stay safe.

"This is just a Cash App card, everyone has Cash App nowadays, done," student Nicholas Graham said during his card skimming demonstration. "It's very, very quick, very, very simple. Done, just like that and it has the card number on there," he said. 

Graham and his team taught their classmates how their bank information can easily be stolen. "One thing to watch out for is going to be the fake pin pads. They are very much around. I've unfortunately seen one before. If it shakes, if it jiggles, if it wiggles, do not use it," Graham said. 

Tips from students to make sure there were only bauhnts, not hacks this Halloween. 

The Hack House is open to the public to check out the different booths and learn more about other cyber security attacks on Thursday, October 24th, from 4:30 to 7:30 pm.