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Computer and Information Security (CIS) is usually approached adopting a technology-centric viewpoint, where the human components of sociotechnical systems are generally considered as their weakest part, with little consideration for the end users’ cognitive...

Although the pandemic is certainly not the first occurrence of socially disruptive circumstances that drive cyber criminals to action, relevant academic scholarship has remained scarce. To fill this gap in literature, and propose the analytical framework of...

The questions this project addressed include: How is social engineering used to deploy malware? What is the economic impact of successful malware/ransomware attacks? What security measures can be implemented to help mitigate these attacks? This research focuses on...

The need for new threat models is considered first through a study of user behavior and perceptions of norms with respect to phone sharing and access behaviors in romantic relationships. We find that most people give their partner access to their phone but often have...

Humans play a major role in the field of cybersecurity. It is observed that more than 39% of security risks are related to the human factor, and 95% of successful cyber-attacks are caused by human error, with most of them being insider threats. The major human factor...

Malicious scammers and social engineers are causing great harms to modern society. Knowledge about social engineering (SE) is wide-spread and it exits in non-academic papers and communication channels. Knowledge is mostly based on expert opinion and experience...