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Title:
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PHISHING, TRUST AND HUMAN WELLBEING |
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Author(s):
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John Ayooluwa Adejobi, Fiona Carroll and Liqaa Nawaf and Reza Montasari |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8704-30-6 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Mário Macedo |
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Year:
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2021 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Phishing, Trust, Wellbeing, Cyber Security, Vulnerability |
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Type:
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Full |
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First Page:
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53 |
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Last Page:
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60 |
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Language:
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English |
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Cover:
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The more time we spend online, the more our global connections grow and frighteningly, the more we are susceptible to
cyberattacks. In particular, 2020/ 2021 has seen a significant increase in successful phishing attacks mainly due to the rise
in human vulnerabilities caused by the global COVID-19 situation. In this paper, we consider the human factors of the
phishing attack. We explore the evolution of the phishing attack with particular reference to its many different guises.
Following that, the paper discusses the concept of trust and the human trust issues resulting from a phishing attack; it will
focus on human vulnerability and the idea of phishing awareness. The findings from the study show that people feel that
they can confidently recognize a phishing attack but it also highlights how personal attitudes and situational influences
can make certain online users more susceptible than others. The findings also clearly detail how the phishing attack
makes them and others feel and they assertively suggest ways to counter the attack. After portraying this picture, the
question lies around the degree to which the everyday person is adequately equipped to psychologically deal with the
sophisticated and contemporary phishing attack, and whether their thinking and methods of detection/ coping are so
outdated that this (in itself) is creating an even greater risk. |
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