4 papers
Short Message Service (SMS) Phishing Attacks and Defenses: A Systematic Review
Mir Mehedi A. Pritom, Seyed Mohammad Sanjari, Maraz Mia +4
SMS Phishing (also known as 'smishing') is a growing deceptive social engineering (SE) attack that leverages mobile SMS to conduct cybercrimes such as stealing sensitive informatio…
Quantifying Psychological Sophistication of Malicious Emails
Theodore Longtchi, Rosana Montañez Rodriguez, Kora Gwartney +4
Malicious emails including Phishing, Spam, and Scam are one significant class of cyber social engineering attacks. Despite numerous defenses to counter them, the problem remains la…
Characterizing the Evolution of Psychological Tactics and Techniques Exploited by Malicious Emails
Theodore Longtchi, Shouhuai Xu
The landscape of malicious emails and cyber social engineering attacks in general are constantly evolving. In order to design effective defenses against these attacks, we must deep…
Characterizing the Evolution of Psychological Factors Exploited by Malicious Emails
Theodore Longtchi, Shouhuai Xu
Cyber attacks, including cyber social engineering attacks, such as malicious emails, are always evolving with time. Thus, it is important to understand their evolution. In this pap…