Phishing video game to validate the principles of persuasion in university students

Valeria Abrahamzon Garcia, Raul Diaz Parra

Producción científica: Capítulo del libro/informe/acta de congresoArticulo (Contribución a conferencia)revisión exhaustiva

Resumen

Phishing is a social engineering procedure in which a malicious actor impersonates a trusted third party with the intention of tricking the user into disclosing confidential information. Research on social engineering has shown that inappropriate use of persuasion principles in emails leads to increased susceptibility to phishing in users. Therefore, a serious game is proposed to measure the three principles of persuasion in information security: authority, scarcity and taste, in university students about phishing attacks. The methodology includes the elaboration of a visual novel for serious games and a questionnaire for measuring psychological principles aimed at university students and based on real case scenarios. The findings support previous research, which indicates that the use of psychological principles in phishing attacks generates greater susceptibility in users. The principles of persuasion evaluated show high susceptibility scores.
Idioma originalInglés estadounidense
Título de la publicación alojadaPhishing video game to validate the principles of persuasion in university students
EditorialAssociation for Information Systems
ISBN (versión digital)978-173363258-4
EstadoPublicada - 9 ago. 2021
Evento27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021 - Canada - Online
Duración: 9 ago. 202114 ago. 2021
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2021/

Serie de la publicación

Nombre27th Americas Conference on Information System, AMCIS 2021

Conferencia

Conferencia27th Annual Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2021
Período9/08/2114/08/21
Dirección de internet

COAR

  • Artículo de conferencia

Categoría OCDE

  • Otras ingenierías y tecnologías

Huella

Profundice en los temas de investigación de 'Phishing video game to validate the principles of persuasion in university students'. En conjunto forman una huella única.

Citar esto