Social engineering has posed a serious security threat to infrastructure, user, data and
operations of cyberspace. Nevertheless, there are many conceptual deficiencies (such as …

Phishing and spear phishing are typical examples of masquerade attacks since trust is built
up through impersonation for the attack to succeed. Given the prevalence of these attacks …

Phishing is an identity theft, which deceives Internet users into revealing their sensitive data,
eg, login information, credit/debit card details, and so on. Researchers have developed …

The critical threat of phishing emails has been further exacerbated by the potential of LLMs
to generate highly targeted, personalized, and automated spear phishing attacks. Two …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to explore human factors as the possible facilitator of
cyber-dependent (hacking and malware infection) and cyber-enabled (phishing) crimes …

Individuals and organizations rely on social media to share files and knowledge. On the
other hand, criminals find social media applications a rich place to attack through techniques …

Organisations and security professionals design Security Education, Training, and
Awareness (SETA) programs to improve cybersecurity behaviour, but they are often poorly …

The interdisciplinarity of the Social Engineering (SE) domain creates crucial challenges for
the development and advancement of empirical SE research, making it particularly difficult to …

Frequent and habitual engagement with social media can reinforce certain activities such as
sharing, clicking hyperlinks, and liking, which may be performed with insufficient cognition …

Massive amounts of information about others are disclosed across the world on social
network sites every day. Disclosure of information about others may precipitate …