Het succes van social engineering
Social engineering is the usage of social manipulation and psychological tricks to make the targets assist offenders in their attack. This paper aimed to discus...
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Physical location of smart key activators
When security managers choose to deploy a smart lock activation system, the number of units needed and their location needs to be established. This study aims t...
From Thoughts to Awareness
Would you give your keys to a stranger? Probably not. However, Jan-Willem Bullee’s research has shown that, in an office environment, 59% of participants ...
Spear Phishing in Organisations Explained
The purpose of this study is to explore how the opening phrase of a phishing email influences the action taken by the recipient. Two types of phishing emails we...
On the anatomy of social engineering attacks
The aim of this study was to explore the extent to which persuasion principles are used in successful social engineering attacks. Seventy-four scenarios were ex...