Social Engineering in Cybersecurity: Effect Mechanisms, Human Vulnerabilities and Attack Methods
IEEE Access, 2021 Social engineering attacks have posed a serious security threat to cyberspace. However, there is much we have yet to know regarding what and how lead to the success of social engineering attacks.
Zuoguang Wang, Hongsong Zhu, Limin Sun
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Exploiting personality traits in social engineering attacks [PDF]
Revista Română de Informatică și Automatică, 2022 Phishing attacks have become more sophisticated over time, more than any other forms of social engineering attacks, exploiting the end users’ vulnerabilities and weaknesses.
Irina CRISTESCU +2 more
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SOCIAL ENGINEERING AS AN EVOLUTIONARY THREAT TO INFORMATION SECURITY IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
Jurnal Administrasi Kesehatan Indonesia, 2020 Information security in healthcare settings is overlooked even though it is the most vulnerable for social engineering attacks. The theft of hospital information data is critical to be monitored as they contain patients’ confidential health information ...
Naiya Patel
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Factors Influencing Players’ Susceptibility to Social Engineering in Social Gaming Networks
IEEE Access, 2020 Social gaming networks have become a new phenomenon, especially for young people, who may become addicted to some extent. However, this phenomenon also increases their susceptibility to hacking, cyber-attack, and other types of security breaches. Various
Ahmad Alturki +2 more
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Social engineering in the context of ensuring information security [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2019 The paper presents the main key features of social engineering and a social engineer activity. Emphasis is placed on the study of social engineering techniques in the system of human-machine interaction used to implement the illegal (malicious ...
Mamedova Natalia +4 more
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Кибербезопасность в образовательных сетях [PDF]
, 2020 The paper discusses the possible impact of digital space on a human, as well as human-related directions in cyber-security analysis in the education: levels of cyber-security, social engineering role in cyber-security of education, “cognitive vaccination”
Burov, Oleksandr +7 more
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Model of Social Influence in Analysis of Socio-engineering Attacks
Управленческое консультирование, 2021 The purpose of this study is to study the modernization of the model of an attacker’s social engineering attack on a user, taking into account a wider range of factors influencing the success of a social engineering attack associated with the principles ...
T. V. Tulupieva +2 more
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Experimental Case Studies for Investigating E-Banking Phishing Techniques and Attack Strategies [PDF]
, 2010 Phishing is a form of electronic identity theft in which a combination of social engineering and web site spoofing techniques are used to trick a user into revealing confidential information with economic value.
Aburrous, Maher +3 more
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Social Engineering Attacks: A Survey
Future Internet, 2019 The advancements in digital communication technology have made communication between humans more accessible and instant. However, personal and sensitive information may be available online through social networks and online services that lack the ...
Fatima Salahdine, Naima Kaabouch
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Social engineering in cybersecurity: a domain ontology and knowledge graph application examples
Cybersecurity, 2021 Social engineering has posed a serious threat to cyberspace security. To protect against social engineering attacks, a fundamental work is to know what constitutes social engineering.
Zuoguang Wang +3 more
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