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This research evaluated the Internet users' proneness to fall prey to five most common types of social engineering attacks which are domain spoofing, email spoofing, search engine phishing, SMS phishing, and social media phishing. 350 volunteer participants...

The application of social research methods in cyber security requires a multidisciplinary combination since the security of technologies and communication networks is made up of a set of uses, techniques, and results directly conditioned by the parameters of...

This study focuses on comparing the level of cyber security awareness, knowledge and behaviour among university students in general and between Hungary and Vietnam in particular. Research data was collected, using a set of questionnaires and the 313 responses from...

Cybersecurity appears to be the ultimate paradox: while cybersecurity budgets are increased every year, and a vast array of new security products and services appear in the market, cyber attacks have been increasing in scale and scope every year. 2020 will perhaps be...

Shipping is the sector of the economy via which approximately 85% of all world trade is transported and which is technologically developing with enormous leaps. Its digital transformation has highlighted new opportunities, but at the same time new threats. Due to the...

This chapter will discuss the important topic of ethical hacking, also known as penetration testing. It will start by explaining the constituents of ethical hacking: scope and goal setting, exploitation, and documentation. The...

This paper analyses the COVID-19 pandemic from a cyber crime perspective and highlights the range of cyber attacks experienced globally during the pandemic. Cyber attacks are analysed and considered within the context of key global events to reveal the modus-operandi...

This research aims to assess the level of Internet users’ security awareness among Palestinian learners. The study focuses on five fundamental security issues involving passwords, social media usage, email usage, security of mobile devices, and social engineering. A...

Currently, the consumer electronics (CE) community largely ignore the humans in the loop, while framing cyber security solutions in the IoT context. In this work, we stress on the need towards a human-centric approach to cyber security by shifting focus from "humans...

The rapid advancements of technology related to the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems mark an ongoing industrial revolution. Digital Twins and Augmented Reality play a significant role in this technological advancement. They are highly complementary...

In this article, we critically analyse cyber security and privacy concerns arising due to remote working during the coronavirus pandemic. Through our work, we discover a series of security risks emerging because of the realities...

Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming a prominent concern among healthcare providers in adopting digital technologies for improving the quality of care delivered to patients. The recent reports on cyber attacks, such as ransomware and WannaCry, have brought to life...

This study reviewed number of factors such as the role of personal, social, socio-cognitive, environmental, & technological factors that may individually or collectively influence software engineers’ cyber hygiene behaviour. The positive and negative factors...

Security and Awareness Training (SAT) has been available for several decades and is commonly given as a suggestion for improving the cyber security behavior of end-users. However, attackers continue to exploit the human factor suggesting that current SAT methods are...