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 …

In this paper, we present findings from a largescale and long-term phishing experiment that
we conducted in collaboration with a partner company. Our experiment ran for 15 months …

Phishing emails provide a means to infiltrate the technical systems of organisations by
encouraging employees to click on malicious links or attachments. Despite the use of …

Security awareness and education programmes are rolled out in more and more
organisations. However, their effectiveness over time and, correspondingly, appropriate …

Employees are often the victims of phishing attacks, posing a threat to both themselves and
their organizations. In response, organizations are dedicating resources, time, and …

Phishing attacks are a major problem, as evidenced by the DNC hackings during the 2016
US presidential election, in which staff were tricked into sharing passwords by fake Google …

Spear phishing has been a persistent threat to users and organizations, and yet email
providers still face key challenges to authenticate incoming emails. As a result, attackers can …

Phishing is one of the most common forms of social engineering that exploits human
vulnerabilities and causes immense personal and organizational costs. This study advances …

The number of damaging cyberattacks is increasing exponentially due in part to lack of user
awareness of risky online practices, such as visiting unsafe websites, ignoring warning …

As a fundamental communicative service, email is playing an important role in both
individual and corporate communications, which also makes it one of the most frequently …