With the rise of technology in every facet of daily life, the increased conveniences come with multiple security risks. When imagining cyber security, the focus is generally on the protection of personal information, and the technology that stores this information....
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Social engineering attacks: a phishing case simulation
In this paper, we discuss phishing as one of the attack types used in social engineering. Phishing attacks will be discussed by simulating a process between two different devices in two different networks. An experimental penetration test was performed on one of the...
Cyber security attacks during COVID-19: An analysis of the behaviour of the human factors and a proposal of hardening strategies
During the COVID-19 pandemic, fake news has increased considerably. This study is exploratory and descriptive research that aims to establish the human factors that make the standard user susceptible to cyber-attacks in times of pandemic. A literature review of...
Cyber security teamwork: A review of current practices and suggested improvements
As cyber attacks and their subsequent responses have become more frequent and complex over the past decade, research into the performance and effectiveness of cybersecurity teams has gained an immense amount of traction. However, investigation of teamwork in this...
Cyber crimes during COVID-19 pandemic
COVID-19 pandemic has changed the lifestyle of all aspects of life. As such, full dependence on the unsafe Internet network in running all aspects of life. These conditions have created a fertile environment for cyber criminals to grow their activity and exploit the...
Assessing the influential factors of cyber security awareness in Malaysia during the pandemic outbreak: a structural equation modeling
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, all citizens are required to stay at home and most of their times have been used on the internet leading to cyber criminal, especially on older adults. Using the Information Security Awareness Model (ISACM) and the Situation Awareness...
Social engineering in cybersecurity: Effect mechanisms, human vulnerabilities and attack methods
This paper proposes a conceptual model which provides an integrative and structural perspective to describe how social engineering attacks work. Three core entities (effect mechanism, human vulnerability and attack method) are identified to help the understanding of...
Understanding security behavior of real users: analysis of a phishing study
This paper presents a set of statistical analyses on an empirical study of phishing email sorting by real online users. Participants were assigned to multitasking and/or incentive conditions in unattended web-based tasks that are the most realistic in any comparable...
Cyber Security Breaches Survey 2021
The Cyber Security Breaches Survey is a quantitative and qualitative study of UK businesses, charities and education institutions. It helps these organisations to understand the nature and significance of the cyber security threats they face, and what others are doing...
Measuring psychosocial and behavioural factors improves attack potential estimates
Cyber risk assessment standards and methodologies do not consider psychological, social and behavioural parameters in their classifications of the attackers' types, profiles, and competencies. In this paper, we present a holistic, multidimensional approach to examine...