Tag: psychology
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Die Psychologie der Identitätssicherheit: Was menschliche Neigungen so riskant macht
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in SecurityNewsBei einem Vorfall aus dem Jahr 2024 büßte ein einzelnes Unternehmen über 25 Millionen Dollar ein. Der Grund: Ein Angestellter war Opfer eines Deep-Fake-Impersonation-Angriffs geworden. Der Videoanruf, ausgelöst durch eine Phishing-E-Mail, hatte dem betreffenden Mitarbeiter vorgegaukelt, er habe es mit vertrauten Kollegen zu tun. [1] Solche Angriffe manipulieren die menschliche Psychologie. Und wie das Beispiel……
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Is Security Human Factors Research Skewed Towards Western Ideas and Habits?
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in SecurityNewsReally interesting research: “How WEIRD is Usable Privacy and Security Research?” by Ayako A. Hasegawa Daisuke Inoue, and Mitsuaki Akiyama: Abstract: In human factor fields such as human-computer interaction (HCI) and psychology, researchers have been concerned that participants mostly come from WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries. This WEIRD skew may hinder understanding…
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Russian DDoS Groups Frothing After Europe Backs Ukraine
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in SecurityNewsSelf-Described Hacktivists Appear to Remain Moscow Foreign Policy Extension Russia’s use of high-profile online nuisance attacks as a psychology ploy designed to amplify Moscow’s geopolitical agenda continues. As Europe has rallied to support Ukraine, self-proclaimed Russian hacktivists have trumpeted their targeting of the U.K. and EU member states, instead of the U.S. First seen on…
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Russian DDoS Groups Spaz Out After Europe Backs Ukraine
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in SecurityNewsSelf-Described Hacktivists Appear to Remain Moscow Foreign Policy Extension Russia’s use of high-profile online nuisance attacks as a psychology ploy designed to amplify Moscow’s geopolitical agenda continues. As Europe has rallied to support Ukraine, self-proclaimed Russian hacktivists have trumpeted their targeting of the U.K. and EU member states, instead of the U.S. First seen on…
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Hacker Conversations: Dan McInerney and Puzzle-Driven Hacking
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in SecurityNewsMcInerney’s path to becoming a hacker is subtly different to many other hackers. He started as a 22-year old psychology graduate rather than a computer-obsessed 9-year old kid. The post Hacker Conversations: Dan McInerney and Puzzle-Driven Hacking appeared first on SecurityWeek. First seen on securityweek.com Jump to article: www.securityweek.com/hacker-conversations-dan-mcinerney-and-puzzle-driven-hacking/
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Placebo- versus Nocebo-Effekt: Die Psychologie hinter der Security Awareness
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in SecurityNewsFirst seen on csoonline.com Jump to article: www.csoonline.com/de/a/die-psychologie-hinter-der-security-awareness
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Sophisticated Vishing Campaigns Take World by Storm
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in SecurityNewsOne South Korean victim gave up $3 million to cybercriminals, thanks to convincing law-enforcement impersonation scams that combine both psychology an… First seen on darkreading.com Jump to article: www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/sophisticated-vishing-campaigns-take-world-by-storm