As cybersecurity (CS) threats become more sophisticated and diversified, organisations are urged to constantly adopt and update measures for contrasting different types of attacks. Particularly, as novel techniques (e.g., social engineering and phishing) are aimed at...
Android parental control applications are used by parents to monitor and limit their children’s mobile behaviour (e.g., mobile apps usage, web browsing, calling, and texting). In order to offer this service, parental control apps require privileged access to system...
Every year online scams cause substantial emotional and financial adversity. A recently developed self-report measure of gullibility has the potential to provide insight into how individual differences in gullibility are related to susceptibility to scams. The current...
This paper examines online users’ perceived susceptibility to phishing attacks. We posit that an individual’s phishing susceptibility may be shaped by recent phishing encounters and, more importantly, that the effect of new experience on susceptibility...
Phishing e-mails are fraudulent e-mails used to gain access to sensitive information or secure computer systems. They persuade users to click on malicious links, download attachments, or provide sensitive information, such as usernames or passwords. One approach that...
The role of the human in cyber security is well acknowledged. Many cyber security incidents rely upon targets performing specific behavioural actions, such as opening a link within a phishing email. Cyber adversaries themselves are driven by psychological processes...
