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Social engineering (security)

Known as: Social engineering, Social hacker, Pretexts 
Social engineering, in the context of information security, refers to psychological manipulation of people into performing actions or divulging… Expand
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Review
2020
Review
2020
Dissecting Ponzi schemes on Ethereum: identification, analysis, and impact
Ponzi schemes are financial frauds which lure users under the promise of high profits. Actually, users are repaid only with the… Expand
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Review
2019
Review
2019
On Microtargeting Socially Divisive Ads: A Case Study of Russia-Linked Ad Campaigns on Facebook
Targeted advertising is meant to improve the efficiency of matching advertisers to their customers. However, targeted advertising… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Achieving the Promise of Integration in Social-Ecological Research: A Review and Prospectus
An integrated understanding of both social and ecological aspects of environmental issues is essential to address pressing… Expand
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Review
2018
Review
2018
Contributions of green infrastructure to enhancing urban resilience
After briefly reviewing key resilience engineering perspectives and summarising some green infrastructure (GI) tools, we present… Expand
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Beyond the ABC: Climate Change Policy and Theories of Social Change
In this short and deliberately provocative paper I reflect on what seems to be a yawning gulf between the potential contribution… Expand
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
A test of interventions for security threats from social engineering
  • M. Workman
  • Inf. Manag. Comput. Secur.
  • 2008
    • Corpus ID: 13246920
– Recently, the role of human behavior has become a focal point in the study of information security countermeasures. However… Expand
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Wisecrackers: A theory-grounded investigation of phishing and pretext social engineering threats to information security
The collection and dissemination of information about people by businesses and governments is ubiquitous. One of the main threats… Expand
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Covenants and Collateral as Incentives to Monitor
Although monitoring borrowers is thought to be a major function of financial institutions, the presence of other claimants… Expand
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Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Good-looking people are not what we think.
Meta-analysis was used to examine findings in 2 related areas: experimental research on the physical attractiveness stereotype… Expand
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Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
On the Measurement of Corporate Social Responsibility: Self-Reported Disclosures as a Method of Measuring Corporate Social Involvement
This article develops a corporate social involvement disclosure scale based on a content analysis of the annual reports of the… Expand
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