Phishing attacks, which have existed for several decades and continue to be a major
problem today, constitute a severe threat in the cyber world. Attackers are adopting multiple …

Phishing is the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information by disguising oneself as a
trustworthy entity in digital communication. It is a type of cyber attack often successful …

Email is of critical importance as a communication channel for both business and personal
matters. Unfortunately, it is also often exploited for phishing attacks. To defend against such …

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 …

Social engineering cyberattacks are a major threat because they often prelude sophisticated
and devastating cyberattacks. Social engineering cyberattacks are a kind of psychological …

Phishing scam emails are emails that pretend to be something they are not in order to get
the recipient of the email to undertake some action they normally would not. While technical …

This article reports on a simulated phishing experiment targeting 6,938 faculty and staff at
George Mason University. The three-week phishing campaign employed three types of …

Older adults are increasingly a target for cyber‐attacks; however, very little research has
investigated how they feel about engaging in protective cyber‐security behaviors. We …

Many cyberattacks begin with a malicious email message, known as spear phishing,
targeted at unsuspecting victims. Although security technologies have improved significantly …

In today's digitized societies, phishing attacks are a security threat with damaging
consequences. Organizations remain vulnerable to phishing attacks, and it is not clear how …