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Social Engineering is the act of manipulating individuals to perform actions or reveal information. Social engineering tactics are widely recognized as a significant risk to information security. The increasing digital environment has…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Devendra Chapagain , Naresh Kshetri , Bindu Aryal , Bhawani Dhakal

The increasing threat of social engineers targeting social media channels to advance their attack effectiveness on company data has seen many organizations introducing initiatives to better understand these vulnerabilities. This paper…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-11-24 H. Wilcox , Maumita Bhattacharya

Social engineering is described as the art of manipulation. Cybercriminal use manipulation to victims their targets using psychological principles to change their behavior to make unconscious decisions. This study identifies the attack and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Amrut Kajave , Shazny Ahmed Hussain Nismy

This paper attempts to strengthen the pursued research on social engineering (SE) threat identification, and control, by means of the author's illustrated classification, which includes attack types, determining the degree of possible harm…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-02-25 V. Y. Sokolov , O. Y. Korzhenko

Social engineering attacks are phenomena that are equally applicable to both the physical world and cyberspace. These attacks in the physical world have been studied for a much longer time than their counterpart in cyberspace. This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Rosana Montañez Rodriguez , Adham Atyabi , Shouhuai

Social engineering cyberattacks are a major threat because they often prelude sophisticated and devastating cyberattacks. Social engineering cyberattacks are a kind of psychological attack that exploits weaknesses in human cognitive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-13 Rosana Montanez Rodriguez , Edward Golob , Shouhuai Xu

With the rapid development of internet technologies, social networks, and other related areas, user authentication becomes more and more important to protect the data of users. Password authentication is one of the widely used methods to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-31 Lifeng Han

Social engineering through social media channels targeting organizational employees is emerging as one of the most challenging information security threats. Social engineering defies traditional security efforts due to the method of attack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Heidi Wilcox , Maumita Bhattacharya

Social engineering attacks are a major cyber threat because they often serve as a first step for an attacker to break into an otherwise well-defended network, steal victims' credentials, and cause financial losses. The problem has received…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Theodore Longtchi , Rosana Montañez Rodriguez , Laith Al-Shawaf , Adham Atyabi , Shouhuai Xu

The article presents a study using attacks such as a fake access point and a phishing page. The previous publications on social engineering have been reviewed, statistics of break-ups are analyzed and directions and mechanism of realization…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Volodymyr Yu. Sokolov , Davyd M. Kurbanmuradov

In today's digital era, the Internet, especially social media platforms, plays a significant role in shaping public opinions, attitudes, and beliefs. Unfortunately, the credibility of scientific information sources is often undermined by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Aos Mulahuwaish , Basheer Qolomany , Kevin Gyorick , Jacques Bou Abdo , Mohammed Aledhari , Junaid Qadir , Kathleen Carley , Ala Al-Fuqaha

Social sustainability in software development means creating and maintaining systems that promote pro-social values (e.g., human well-being, equity), both now and in the future. However, social sustainability lacks clear conceptual and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Bimpe Ayoola , Anielle Andrade , Ronnie de Souza Santos , Paul Ralph

This study explores the state-of-the-art, application, and maturity of socio-technical security models for industries and sectors dependent on CI and investigates the gap between academic research and industry practices concerning the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Uchenna D Ani , Jeremy M Watson , Nilufer Tuptuk , Steve Hailes , Aslam Jawar

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. This paper first develops a domain ontology of social…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-29 Zuoguang Wang , Hongsong Zhu , Peipei Liu , Limin Sun

Major transformations related to information technologies affect InformationSystems (IS) that support the business processes of organizations and their actors. Deployment in a complex environment involving sensitive, massive and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Florence Sèdes

The importance of security metrics can hardly be overstated. Despite the attention that has been paid by the academia, government and industry in the past decades, this important problem stubbornly remains open. In this survey, we present a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-01-25 Marcus Pendleton , Richard Garcia-Lebron , Shouhuai Xu

In this expository paper we give an overview of some statistical methods for the monitoring of social networks. We discuss the advantages and limitations of various methods as well as some relevant issues. One of our primary contributions…

Other Statistics · Statistics 2016-04-01 William H. Woodall , Meng J. Zhao , Kamran Paynabar , Ross Sparks , James D. Wilson

This paper surveys the latest on Smart Grid security. It focuses on the deep understanding of the risk in terms of threats, vulnerabilities and consequences that arise from cyber-attacks.

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-03-03 Charalambos Konstantinou

Research in information security has generally focused on providing a comprehensive interpretation of threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks, in particular to evaluate their danger and prioritize responses accordingly. Most of the current…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-11-04 Gustavo Gonzalez-Granadillo , Christophe Ponchel , Gregory Blanc , Hervé Debar

The smartification of industries is marked by the development of cyber-physical systems, interfaces, and intelligent software featuring knowledge models, empirical real-time data, and feedback-loops. This brings up new requirements and…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2018-07-13 Peter Müller , Jan-Hendrik Passoth
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