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Social Engineering Vulnerability

Social Engineering Vulnerability is a type of security weakness characterized by an individual's susceptibility to manipulative tactics that exploit human psychology, thereby enabling unauthorized access to information or systems through deception rather than technical exploitation.

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2.6K

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107

Authors

57

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2017–2026

27

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Publications

54

Social Engineering Attacks: A Survey

Fatima Salahdine, Naima Kaabouch · Future Internet · 2019 · 489 citations · Full text

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Wisecrackers: A theory‐grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security

Michael Workman · Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology · 2007 · 205 citations

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Social Engineering in Cybersecurity: Effect Mechanisms, Human Vulnerabilities and Attack Methods

Zuoguang Wang, Hongsong Zhu, Limin Sun · IEEE Access · 2021 · 148 citations · Full text

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Cybersecurity:risks, vulnerabilities and countermeasures to prevent social engineering attacks

Nabie Y. Conteh, Paul J. Schmick · International Journal of Advanced Computer Research · 2016 · 144 citations · Full text

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The Social Engineering Personality Framework

Sven Uebelacker, Susanne Quiel · 2014 · 121 citations · Full text

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Authors

107

  1. AA
    Abdullah Algarni

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    4 publications · 131 citations

    4

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  2. TC
    Taizan Chan

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    3 publications · 114 citations

    3

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  3. FM
    Francois Mouton

    University of Pretoria, South Africa

    3 publications · 103 citations

    3

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  4. YX
    Yue Xu

    Queensland University of Technology, Australia

    3 publications · 114 citations

    3

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  5. TB
    Taimur Bakhshi

    University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 93 citations

    3

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Institutions

57

  1. Queensland University of Technology

    Brisbane, Australia

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    298 citations

  2. University of Strathclyde

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    289 citations

  3. Southern University at New Orleans

    New Orleans, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    159 citations

  4. University of Plymouth

    Plymouth, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    128 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    28 citations

  6. Federal University of Technology Owerri

    Owerri, Nigeria

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    44 citations

  7. Chalmers University of Technology

    Gothenburg, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  8. Hamburg University of Technology

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    242 citations

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Venues

  1. IEEE Access

    2 publications · 267 citations

    2

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  2. HAISA

    2 publications · 39 citations

    2

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  3. Human-centric Computing and Information Sciences

    HCIS · 1 publications · 90 citations

    1

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  4. Informatica Economica

    1 publications · 24 citations

    1

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  5. Network Security

    1 publications · 24 citations

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