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Is The Internet The Main Medium Of Transmitting Terrorism?, Hatem El Zein
Is The Internet The Main Medium Of Transmitting Terrorism?, Hatem El Zein
Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference
The influx of virtual media platforms has allowed extremists and terrorists to transmit their messages to wider audiences without passing through a gatekeeper or being a subject to editorial policies existed in traditional media outlets. Thus, extremists and terrorists exploit virtual media platforms to report their actions; propagate their ideologies and ultimately to boost their objectives, because these mediums enabled them to have control over time and space. As a result, some governments work to deprive extremists and terrorists from this 'oxygen' through monitoring the cyberspace to block the suspected virtual media platforms. The reactions of some governments to face …
Assessing End-User Awareness Of Social Engineering And Phishing, A Karakasiliotis,, S M. Furnell, M Papadaki
Assessing End-User Awareness Of Social Engineering And Phishing, A Karakasiliotis,, S M. Furnell, M Papadaki
Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference
Social engineering is a significant problem involving technical and nontechnical ploys in order to acquire information from unsuspecting users. This paper presents an assessment of user awareness of such methods in the form of email phishing attacks. Our experiment used a webbased survey, which presented a mix of 20 legitimate and illegitimate emails, and asked participants to classify them and explain the rationale for their decisions. This assessment shows that the 179 participants were 36% successful in identifying legitimate emails, versus 45% successful in spotting illegitimate ones. Additionally, in many cases, the participants who identified illegitimate emails correctly could not …
The Awareness And Perception Of Spyware Amongst Home Pc Computer Users, M Jaeger, N L. Clarke
The Awareness And Perception Of Spyware Amongst Home Pc Computer Users, M Jaeger, N L. Clarke
Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference
Spyware is a major threat to personal computer based data confidentiality, with criminal elements utilising it as a positive moneymaking device by theft of personal data from security unconscious home internet users. This paper examines the level of understanding and awareness of home computer users to Spyware. An anonymous survey was distributed via email invitation with 205 completed surveys. From an analysis of the survey it was found that the majority of respondents do understand what Spyware is, however, there was found to be a lack of understanding of computer security in defending against Spyware, with 20% of survey respondents …