Project: Phishing Email and Contaminated PDF Simulation

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Index

• Project Description
• Project Objective
• Requirements
• Project Output
• Additional Documentation
• Authors
• Folder Structure

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Project Description

This project is an educational demonstration about digital security, created to present:

• How phishing scams work (fake Nubank email)
• How malicious files can be disguised as PDFs
• The importance of checking sources before clicking on links or attachments
• Practical examples of social engineering

WARNING: |⚠️| This project is 100% educational and contains no real malware. All examples are controlled simulations.

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Project Objective

This project demonstrates how phishing techniques and file disguise strategies can be used to mislead users. The goal is to analyze these techniques in a controlled and ethical environment, helping to understand how social engineering exploits user behavior in digital environments.

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Requirements

- programming language: python
- dependencies: fpdf2 and pyinstaller
- IDE: Visual Studio Code
- Icon editor: Resource Hacker

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Project Output

The project generates:

• A simulated phishing email example
• A disguised executable file example (for demonstration)
• Supporting documentation analyzing the attack flow and technique

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Additional Documentation

For deeper technical analysis, see:

• docs/Real-world_Example.md
• docs/Real-world_Example/

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Authors

Emmanuel Araujo

Francisco de Assis Lemos da Silva Junior

Maria Eduarda Araujo de Azevedo

Maxiliano Oliveira Silva

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Folder Structure

📂 Cyber-SocAnalysis/
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├── 📂 Docs/
│   │
│   ├── 📂 Generic_Examples/
│   │   ├── 🖼️ email1.png
│   │   ├── 🖼️ email2.png
│   │   └── 🖼️ email3.png
│   │
│   ├── 📂 Real-world_Example/
│   │   ├── 📄 Fake_Pdf.pdf.exe
│   │   ├── 📄 VirusPdf.py
│   │   └── 📄 emailnubank
│   │
│   ├── 📄 Generic_Example.md
│   └── 📄 Real-world_Example.md
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├── 📄 README.md
└── 📄 README_PT-BR.md