Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The article analyses social engineering attacks, considering legitimate approaches to them. As a form of survey method, user strategies to combat social engineering were evaluated. Along with the above, users’ trust in the estimation of potentially hazardous situations and the degree of persuasion targeted by attackers who make use of social engineering were also measured. It was found among the most critical aspects that trust, greed, empathy, and feeling in haste are effective tactics, whilst many people simply delete or do not care to verify unsolicited emails. The need for adequate education, policies, and technologies to combat social engineering is recommended. Besides, the importance of cyberpsychology in developing cyberspace security strategies in businesses is highlighted, which makes them more immune to increasing social engineering attacks.
Authors: Muhammad Sajid Iqbal, Ahthasham Sajid, Saqib Rasheed, Syed Bilal Ahmed, Muhammad Usman, Hadia Khatoon
Institution: Riphah International University
Language: English
Topic: Spam and Phishing Detection
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406563582