Anonymous Remailers VS Identity Theft
Identity theft can have a large impact on an individual, especially if the identity is in the hands of a social engineer.
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Social Engineering Attack Detection Model: SEADM
Social engineering is a real threat to industries in this day and age even though the severity of it is extremely downplayed.
Read MoreDevelopment of Cognitive Functioning Psychological Measures for the SEADM
Social engineering is a real threat to industries in this day and age, even though its severity is extremely downplayed. The difficulty with social engineering attacks is mostly the ability to identify them.
Read MoreSocial Engineering from a Normative Ethics Perspective
Social engineering is deeply entrenched in both computer science and social psychology. Knowledge on both of these disciplines is required to perform social engineering based research. There are several ethical concerns and requirements that need to be ta
Read MoreProtecting E-mail Anonymity with an Anonymizer Bouncer
Communication between people has always been a part of society. In the past, people could omit the return address from a letter to keep the sender's identity private.
Read MoreTowards an Ontological Model Defining the Social Engineering Domain
The human is often the weak link in the attainment of Information Security due to their susceptibility to deception and manipulation. Social Engineering refers to the exploitation of humans in order to gain unauthorised access to sensitive information.
Read MoreSocial Engineering Attack Framework
The field of information security is a fast growing discipline. Even though the effectiveness of security measures to protect sensitive information is increasing, people remain susceptible to manipulation and the human element is thus a weak link.
Read MoreNecessity for Ethics in Social Engineering Research
Social engineering is deeply entrenched in the fields of both computer science and social psychology. Knowledge is required in both these disciplines to perform social engineering based research.
Read MoreSocial Engineering Attack Detection Model: SEADMv2
Information security is a fast-growing discipline, and therefore the effectiveness of security measures to protect sensitive information needs to be increased.
Read MoreSocial Engineering Attack Examples, Templates and Scenarios
The field of information security is a fast-growing discipline. Even though the effectiveness of security measures to protect sensitive information is increasing, people remain susceptible to manipulation and the human element thus remains a weak link.
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Psychology behind Social Engineering
Being the victim of social engineering can be rather degrading and leave you feeling violated. It is key to remember that at no point are you to blame for being the victim of these types of cyber attacks, after all, it is the social engineer's intention t
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What is Social Engineering
Current definitions specify different ideas as to what social engineering involves. However, the only element that all of these definitions have in common is that a human is exploited in order to gain some unauthorised information or perform some action.
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