Study of social engineering attacks in Romania 2019

Social engineering is one of the biggest challenges facing network security because it exploits the natural human tendency to trust. In recent years, cybercriminals have done everything in their power to be innovative. They are taking advantage of every aspect of our lives to develop new social engi...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Scientific Bulletin ("Mircea cel Bătrân" Naval Academy) 2020, Vol.XXIII (1), p.263-270
Main Author: Moinescu, Radu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Communications networks
Cryptography
Cybercrime
Engineering
Security
Surveying
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Social engineering is one of the biggest challenges facing network security because it exploits the natural human tendency to trust. In recent years, cybercriminals have done everything in their power to be innovative. They are taking advantage of every aspect of our lives to develop new social engineering schemes. This paper provides an in-depth survey about the social engineering attacks that took place in Romania in 2019, their classifications, detection strategies, and prevention procedures.
ISSN:2392-8956
1454-864X
1454-864X
2392-8956
DOI:10.21279/1454-864X-20-I1-037