Phishing attacks, which have existed for several decades and continue to be a major
problem today, constitute a severe threat in the cyber world. Attackers are adopting multiple …

The recent surge in phishing incidents in the post-COVID era poses a serious threat towards
the social and economic well-being of users. The escalation in dependency upon the …

Citizens' Cybersecurity Behavior: Some Major Challenges Page 1 This is a self-archived version of
an original article. This version may differ from the original in pagination and typographic details …

Misinformation is not new; however, the proliferation of social media has resulted in a much
broader reach and instantaneous impact. Results from such proliferation were seen during …

Fear appeals have been used for thousands of years to scare people into engaging in a
specific behavior or omitting an existing one. From religion, public health campaigns …

Organisations craft and disseminate security policies, encoding the actions they want
employees to take to preserve and protect organisational information resources. They …

Purpose This paper aims to present the evaluation of a self-paced tool, CyberSecurity
Coach (CYSEC), and discuss the adoption of CYSEC for cybersecurity capability …

As users increasingly introduce Internet-connected devices into their homes, having access
to accurate and relevant cyber security information is a fundamental means of ensuring safe …

Fear has been used to convince people to behave securely in a variety of cyber security
domains. In this study, we tested the use of fear appeals, with the threat appraisal and …

The concept of misinformation is not new, but the digital age has created a new environment
for the rapid spreading of misinformation. The overabundance of information that is available …