Jan 10, 2009 | Research library
This comprehensive review seeks to report on fraud in a wide variety of forms, with a particular focus on mass marketing, identity and small business fraud. It finds fraud is often innovative, comes in a wide variety of forms and that fraudsters use a combination of...
Jan 9, 2009 | Journal article, Research library
Principal Microsoft Researcher Cormac Herley argues users’ rejection of security procedures is often entirely rational as the expected benefits of following security advice are often outweighed by the expected costs.
Jan 9, 2009 | Research library
This article explores the application of theories and methodologies from behavioural economics and behavioural decision research to investigate privacy decision making.
Jan 2, 2009 | Research library
PhishGuru is an embedded training system that teaches users to avoid falling for phishing attacks by delivering a training message when the user clicks on the URL in a simulated phishing email. In previous lab and real-world experiments, we validated the effectiveness...
Jan 1, 2009 | Research library
One can readily find computer and network security courses in most computer science departments, but we are likely overly ambitious calling computer security a science. The profession certainly has the aspects of an art, and it is fair to call much of the work...
Jan 1, 2009 | Research library
Phishing is a growing phenomenon, which has not only caused billions in losses, but also has eroded consumer confidence in online transactions. To develop effective countermeasures, we need to understand how phishing e-mails exploit human vulnerabilities. We develop a...
