Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach

Javara Allah Bukhsh

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_46

Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach

Javara Allah Bukhsh^*

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Phishing attacks are common these days. If successful, these attacks cause psychological, emotional, and financial damage to the victims. Such damages may have a long-term impact. The overall objective of this Ph.D. research is to contribute to mitigating phishing victimization risks by exploring phishing prevalence, user-related risk factors, and vulnerable target groups and by designing (1) guidelines for social website developers focused on internet user vulnerabilities and (2) recommendations for users to avoid such attacks. The Ph.D. research acknowledges that phishing attacks are technical in nature, while the impact is financial and psychological. Therefore, an interdisciplinary research approach focusing on empirical research methods from social sciences (i.e., focus groups and surveys) and computer science (i.e., data-driven techniques such as machine learning) is adopted for the research. In particular, we aim to use a machine learning model for data analytics and quantitative and qualitative research design for psychological analysis. The research outcome of this Ph.D. work is expected to provide recommendations for internet users and organizations developing social-media-based software systems through more phishing aware development practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research Challenges in Information Science
Subtitle of host publication	Information Science and the Connected World - 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Selmin Nurcan, Andreas L. Opdahl, Haralambos Mouratidis, Aggeliki Tsohou
Publisher	Springer
Pages	632-640
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783031330797
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_46
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	17th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2023 - Corfu, Greece Duration: 23 May 2023 → 26 Aug 2023 Conference number: 17 https://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2023/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	476 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	17th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2023
Abbreviated title	RCIS 2023
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Corfu
Period	23/05/23 → 26/08/23
Internet address	https://www.rcis-conf.com/rcis2023/

Keywords

n/a OA procedure
Guidelines
Phishing
Recommendations
Repeat phishing
Risk factors
User perspective
Vulnerability
Empirical research methods

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Bukhsh, J. A. (2023). Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach. In S. Nurcan, A. L. Opdahl, H. Mouratidis, & A. Tsohou (Eds.), Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World - 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Proceedings (pp. 632-640). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 476 LNBIP). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_46

Bukhsh, Javara Allah. / Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks : An Interdisciplinary Research Approach. Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World - 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Proceedings. editor / Selmin Nurcan ; Andreas L. Opdahl ; Haralambos Mouratidis ; Aggeliki Tsohou. Springer, 2023. pp. 632-640 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Bukhsh, JA 2023, Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach. in S Nurcan, AL Opdahl, H Mouratidis & A Tsohou (eds), Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World - 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 476 LNBIP, Springer, pp. 632-640, 17th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2023, Corfu, Greece, 23/05/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_46

Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach. / Bukhsh, Javara Allah.
Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World - 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Selmin Nurcan; Andreas L. Opdahl; Haralambos Mouratidis; Aggeliki Tsohou. Springer, 2023. p. 632-640 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 476 LNBIP).

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Bukhsh JA. Guidelines for Developers and Recommendations for Users to Mitigate Phishing Attacks: An Interdisciplinary Research Approach. In Nurcan S, Opdahl AL, Mouratidis H, Tsohou A, editors, Research Challenges in Information Science: Information Science and the Connected World - 17th International Conference, RCIS 2023, Proceedings. Springer. 2023. p. 632-640. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-33080-3_46

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