Abstract:Spear-phishing emails are an effective cyber-attack method due to the fact that the emails sent are highly personalized to look like a regular legitimate email. Recently, it was discovered that personality traits of the victim have an impact on a person's susceptibility to spear-phishing. This study aims to identify which personality traits affect spear-phishing susceptibility besides other traits such as Information Technology background, gender, and age. In addition, measure of the effectiveness of embedded … Show more
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