Journal article
Baiting the Hook: Factors Impacting Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks
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Over the last decade, substantial progress has been made in understanding and mitigating phishing attacks. Nonetheless, the percentage of successful attacks is still on the rise. In this article, we critically investigate why that is the case, and seek to contribute to the field by highlighting key factors that influence individuals’ susceptibility to phishing attacks. For our investigation, we conducted a web-based study with 382 participants which focused specifically on identifying factors...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- SpringerOpen
- Journal:
- Human-Centric Computing and Information Sciences More from this journal
- Volume:
- 6
- Issue:
- 8
- Publication date:
- 2016-06-10
- Acceptance date:
- 2016-05-03
- ISSN:
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2192-1962
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pubs:616972
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616972
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2016-04-21
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- Copyright holder:
- Iugat et al
- Copyright date:
- 2016
- Notes:
- © The Author(s). 2016. Open Access: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License .
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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