[AISWorld] [AJIS] New Article: The Role of Contextualization in Individuals’ Vulnerability to Phishing Attempts

[Ajis Editor]

Hi,

The *Australasian Journal of In*formation Systems has just published its
latest article.





*The Role of Contextualization in Individuals’ Vulnerability to Phishing
AttemptsHassandoust, F., Singh, H., & Williams, J.
https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v24i0.2693
<https://doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v24i0.2693>*
*Abstract*
Hackers who engage in phishing manipulate their victims into revealing
confidential information by exploiting their motives, habits, and cognitive
biases. Drawing on heuristic-systematic processing and the anchoring
effect, this study examines how the contextualization of phishing messages,
in the form of modifications to their framing and content, affects
individuals’ susceptibility to phishing. This study also investigates if
there is a discrepancy between the way individuals believe they will react
to phishing attempts and their actual reactions. Using two fake phishing
campaigns and an online survey, we find that individuals are more
susceptible to phishing attempts when the phishing messages they receive
are specific to their context, thereby appealing to their psychological
vulnerabilities. There is also a significant gap between how individuals
believe they will react and their actual reactions to phishing attempts.

#Word #InformationSecurity #Phishing #Contextualization
#HeuristicSystematicProcessing

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