11 Best Phishing Courses for Beginners
Choosing a phishing‑focused course can be daunting, especially when you are just starting out. This page brings together eleven beginner‑level options from Udemy and Coursera, each priced between $19.99 and $199.99, to help you compare content, teaching style and cost. The list is ordered according to our own ranking, not an external endorsement, so you can see which courses we consider most suitable for newcomers at a glance.
All of the courses cover the basics of recognising and avoiding phishing attacks, with some expanding into broader cyber‑security fundamentals such as digital hygiene, anti‑phishing techniques and introductory ethical hacking. Depending on your learning preferences—self‑paced video lessons, university‑backed modules, or certification‑oriented tracks—you can pick a programme that matches your goals and budget.
- Courses compared
- 11
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Udemy, Coursera
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 11 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Udemy, Coursera, matched to "phishing" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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Fundamentals of Anti-Phishing & Scam Detection - Certificate
Phishing is a form of cybercrime where criminals pose as a trustworthy entity to trick individuals into providing sensitive information such as login credentials, financial information, or personal information. With the...
$49.99listed price -
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Introduction to Cyber Threats and Digital Hygiene Risk
Offered by Minnesota State University, Mankato
This course is designed for professionals without a technical background who manage people, data, or business operations to understand the critical aspects of cybersecurity. Learners will learn to explain and apply the C...
$49.00listed price -
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The Beginners Cyber Security Awareness Training Course
Offered by Packt
This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the co...
$49.00listed price -
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ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Complete Training Course
Cybersecurity is essential for every organization in today’s digital age. The ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate provides a strong foundation in cybersecurity principles, equipping you with the knowledge and sk...
$19.99listed price -
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Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate | ISACA Certification
El Curso de Preparación para la Certificación ITCA Cybersecurity Fundamentals de ISACA (antiguo CSX) es una experiencia de aprendizaje integral diseñada para preparar a profesionales de la ciberseguridad para obtener la...
$24.99listed price -
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Fundamentals of Cyber Defense
Offered by STARWEAVER
Fundamentals of Cyber Defense provides a practical introduction to cybersecurity for learners who want to understand how modern organizations protect systems, networks, and data. In a world of constant cyber threats, the...
$49.00listed price -
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DMARC Fundamentals
Email is a vital communication medium that is used by every business around the globe. Email is also one of the primary attack vectors that can introduce malware, ransomware and other malicious code into your environment...
$19.99listed price -
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Beginners guide to ethical hacking and penetration testing
Hacking (both good and bad) seems to be in the news on a daily basis now. Large data breaches, phishing attacks, voter registration hacked, Smartphones hacked, etc. In this course we go over the basics for ethical hackin...
$99.99listed price -
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Cyber Security Fundamentals for Beginners
This beginner-friendly course teaches the essential concepts and skills of cyber security using clear, real-world examples. You will learn how to protect your personal information, digital accounts, and devices from comm...
$29.99listed price -
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The Beginners Guide to Practical Cyber Hacking Skills
Bootcamp-style learning for real-world cyber readinessYou don’t need a degree to break into cybersecurity, you need real skills. This course cuts through the noise and gives you hands-on training with the tools professio...
$199.99listed price -
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Simulado SC-900 Microsoft Security Fundamentals
Este curso foi criado para quem deseja dominar os fundamentos de segurança, conformidade e identidade no ambiente Microsoft e se preparar para a certificação SC-900, uma das certificações iniciais e mais valiosas da Micr...
$34.99listed price
Best Phishing Courses for Beginners compared
| # | Course | Provider | Offered by | Price | |
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| 1 | Fundamentals of Anti-Phishing & Scam Detection - Certificate | Udemy | — | $49.99 | View → |
| 2 | Introduction to Cyber Threats and Digital Hygiene Risk | Coursera | Minnesota State University, Mankato | $49.00 | View → |
| 3 | The Beginners Cyber Security Awareness Training Course | Coursera | Packt | $49.00 | View → |
| 4 | ISACA Cybersecurity Fundamentals: Complete Training Course | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 5 | Cybersecurity Fundamentals Certificate | ISACA Certification | Udemy | — | $24.99 | View → |
| 6 | Fundamentals of Cyber Defense | Coursera | STARWEAVER | $49.00 | View → |
| 7 | DMARC Fundamentals | Udemy | — | $19.99 | View → |
| 8 | Beginners guide to ethical hacking and penetration testing | Udemy | — | $99.99 | View → |
| 9 | Cyber Security Fundamentals for Beginners | Udemy | — | $29.99 | View → |
| 10 | The Beginners Guide to Practical Cyber Hacking Skills | Udemy | — | $199.99 | View → |
| 11 | Simulado SC-900 Microsoft Security Fundamentals | Udemy | — | $34.99 | View → |
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 11 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Udemy and Coursera. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion. 1 of these are produced by a named university or institution, including Minnesota State University, Mankato — which usually means a fixed syllabus and a recognised certificate, rather than an individual instructor’s own course.
Courses versus exam preparation
1 of the entries here are built around a certification exam rather than teaching Phishing from scratch. They are the right choice only if you already know the material and want to pass a specific exam; if you are starting out, pick one of the taught courses first and come back to exam preparation afterwards.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.