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Attack Lifecycle

Attack Lifecycle is a conceptual framework in the field of social engineering that delineates the sequential phases an attacker progresses through to exploit human vulnerabilities, distinguished from other security models by its focus on psychologically driven, stepwise manipulation tactics leading to unauthorized access or information disclosure.

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2017–2026

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Windows of vulnerability: a case study analysis

John McHugh, William Fithen, William A. Arbaugh · Computer · 2000 · 263 citations

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Information Disclosure and the Diffusion of Information Security Attacks

Sabyasachi Mitra, Sam Ransbotham · Information Systems Research · 2015 · 93 citations

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Social engineering attack framework

Francois Mouton, Mercia M. Malan, Louise Leenen et al. · 2014 · 91 citations

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Man-At-The-End attacks: Analysis, taxonomy, human aspects, motivation and future directions

Adnan Akhunzada, Mehdi Sookhak, Nor Badrul Anuar et al. · Journal of Network and Computer Applications · 2014 · 88 citations

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On Multi-Phase and Multi-Stage Game-Theoretic Modeling of Advanced Persistent Threats

Quanyan Zhu · IEEE Access · 2018 · 73 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. AP
    Anchises Paula

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  2. WF
    W. Fan

    CEA Paris-Saclay, France

    1 publications · 56 citations

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  3. CM
    Charlene McDermott

    Metropolitan State University, United States

    1 publications · 47 citations

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  4. JS
    Jonathan S. Feinstein

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 36 citations

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  5. MS
    Mehdi Sookhak

    Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, United States

    1 publications · 88 citations

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  1. University of Newcastle Australia

    Newcastle, Australia

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    99 citations

  2. Georgia Institute of Technology

    Atlanta, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    229 citations

  3. Queensland University of Technology

    Brisbane, Australia

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    111 citations

  4. New York University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    107 citations

  5. Henan University of Science and Technology

    Luoyang, China

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    175 citations

  6. COMSATS University Islamabad

    Islamabad, Pakistan

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  7. National Research Council

    Rome, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. Hassania School of Public Works

    Casablanca, Morocco

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    96 citations

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  1. Computers & Security

    3 publications · 59 citations

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  2. IEEE Access

    2 publications · 120 citations

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  3. Annals of Telecommunications

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. Computer

    1 publications · 263 citations

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