Spear-Phishing Susceptibility Stemming From Personality Traits

This study explores the psychological aspects of social engineering by analyzing personality traits in the context of spear-phishing attacks. Phishing emails were constructed by leveraging multiple vulnerable personality traits to maximize the success of an attack. The emails were then used to test...

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Main Authors: Sergiu Eftimie, Radu Moinescu, Ciprian Racuciu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9826749/