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January 29, 2026

# How many levels of difficulty are there for the phishing emails?

CyberNut currently uses **five levels of difficulty**, each designed to mirror real-world phishing sophistication and evolve with user skill.

Each level introduces new forms of realism, complexity, and attack psychology, ensuring that staff and students build lasting phishing-detection instincts.

| **Level** | **Description** |
| --- | --- |
| **Level 1** | Non-personalized emails with obvious typos, poor grammar, and fake branding — very easy to spot. |
| **Level 2** | Lightly personalized emails that still contain visual or linguistic errors and suspicious links. |
| **Level 3** | Well-written, professionally branded phishing emails that appear legitimate and are trickier to identify. |
| **Level 4** | Highly realistic **spoofed login-page simulations** that imitate trusted services and request user credentials. *(Coming Q1 2026)* |
| **Level 5** | Sophisticated **spear-phishing simulations** using context-aware, AI-generated messages tailored to individuals or departments. *(Coming Q2 2026)* |

Each user’s difficulty level adjusts automatically based on performance:

- Reporting correctly → levels them up
- Clicking a phishing link → moves them down

Every individual follows a personalized learning path that continuously adapts to their progress.

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