Human factors in phishing attacks: a systematic literature review

G Desolda, LS Ferro, A Marrella, T Catarci… - ACM Computing …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
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 …

Exploring how, why and in what contexts older adults are at risk of financial cybercrime victimisation: A realist review

A Burton, C Cooper, A Dar, L Mathews… - Experimental gerontology, 2022 - Elsevier
Although older people rarely report being victims of financial cybercrime, there is evidence
that older online users are at increased risk. This realist review identified factors leading to …

Cybersecurity awareness enhancement: a study of the effects of age and gender of Thai employees associated with phishing attacks

T Daengsi, P Pornpongtechavanich… - Education and …, 2022 - Springer
Cybersecurity is crucial at present because cyber threats (eg, phishing) have become a very
common occurrence in everyday life. A literature review showed that there are no studies …

Covid-19 and phishing: Effects of human emotions, behavior, and demographics on the success of phishing attempts during the pandemic

H Abroshan, J Devos, G Poels, E Laermans - Ieee Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phishing is an online scam where criminals trick users with various strategies, with the goal
of obtaining sensitive information or compromising accounts, systems, and/or other personal …

Exploring age and gender differences in ICT cybersecurity behaviour

D Branley-Bell, L Coventry, M Dixon… - Human Behavior …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Known age differences exist in relation to information and communication technology (ICT)
use, attitudes, access, and literacy. Less is known about age differences in relation to …

Personalized persuasion: Quantifying susceptibility to information exploitation in spear-phishing attacks

T Xu, K Singh, P Rajivan - Applied Ergonomics, 2023 - Elsevier
Many cyberattacks begin with a malicious email message, known as spear phishing,
targeted at unsuspecting victims. Although security technologies have improved significantly …

Avoiding the hook: influential factors of phishing awareness training on click-rates and a data-driven approach to predict email difficulty perception

T Sutter, AS Bozkir, B Gehring, P Berlich - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phishing attacks are still seen as a significant threat to cyber security, and large parts of the
industry rely on anti-phishing simulations to minimize the risk imposed by such attacks. This …

Indicators of employee phishing email behaviours: Intuition, elaboration, attention, and email typology

J Buckley, D Lottridge, JG Murphy… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Employees' behaviour to phishing emails can strengthen or undermine business
organisations' cyber security. This phishing simulation and survey study explored the …

The psychology of the internet fraud victimization of older adults: A systematic review

Y Shang, Z Wu, X Du, Y Jiang, B Ma, M Chi - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Criminals targeting and exploiting older adults in online environments are of great concern.
This study systematically retrieved and analyzed articles on the psychological characteristics …

Who gets caught in the Web of lies?: Understanding susceptibility to phishing emails, fake news headlines, and scam text messages

DM Sarno, J Black - Human Factors, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective The present study investigated if the same users are vulnerable to phishing
emails, scam text messages, and fake news headlines and if there are universal predictors …