As the Internet has transformed into a critical infrastructure, society has become more
vulnerable to its security flaws. Despite substantial efforts to address many of these …

abstract As the Internet has transformed into a critical infrastructure, society has become
more vulnerable to its security flaws. Despite substantial efforts to address many of these …

Phishing is a critical threat to Internet users. Although an extensive ecosystem serves to
protect users, phishing websites are growing in sophistication, and they can slip past the …

As cryptocurrencies increase in popularity and users obtain and manage their own assets,
attackers are pivoting from just abusing cryptocurrencies as a payment mechanism, to …

Online tracking has garnered significant attention due to the privacy risk it poses to users.
Among the various approaches, techniques that identify which extensions are installed in a …

On the modern web, trackers and advertisers frequently construct and monetize users'
detailed behavioral profiles without consent. Despite various studies on web tracking …

As the weakest link in cybersecurity, humans have become the main target of attackers who
take advantage of sophisticated web-based social engineering techniques. These attackers …

Online behavioral advertising, and the associated tracking paraphernalia, poses a real
privacy threat. Unfortunately, existing privacy-enhancing tools are not always effective …

Social media effectively connects businesses with diverse audiences. However, research
related to targeted advertising and social media is rarely done beyond Western contexts …

Internet-based social engineering (SE) attacks are a major cyber threat. These attacks often
serve as the first step in a sophisticated sequence of attacks that target, among other things …