Exploring Susceptibility to Phishing in the Workplace
Phishing emails provide a means to infiltrate the technical systems of organisations by encouraging employees to click on malicious links or attachments. Despite the…
Emma Williams
Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Online Influence: A Theoretical Review
Scams and other malicious attempts to influence people are continuing to proliferate across the globe, aided by the availability of technology that makes it…
Press Accept to Update Now: Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Malevolent Interruptions
Increasingly, connected communication technologies have resulted in people being exposed to fraudulent communications by scammers and hackers attempting to gain access to computer systems…
What Makes People Susceptible to Malevolent Influence Online?
Dr Emma Williams’s research looks at what makes people susceptible to malicious attempts to influence them online, focusing on online scams and phishing emails….
Phishing scams are becoming ever more sophisticated – and firms are struggling to keep up
Companies are bombarded with phishing scams every day. In a recent survey of more than 500 cyber security professionals across the world, 76% reported…
Eliciting Information Online
…the internet often provides an ideal environment for those with malevolent intent to elicit information from victims. Emma Williams and Adam Joinson research scamming…