Profile of likely e-mail phishing victims emerges in human factors/ergonomics research

Thursday, July 25, 2013 - 10:30 in Mathematics & Economics

A new paper describes behavioral, cognitive, and perceptual attributes of e-mail users who are vulnerable to phishing attacks. Phishing is the use of fraudulent e-mail correspondence to obtain passwords and credit card information, or to send viruses.

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