A culture of trust threatens security and privacy in Qatar

Proceedings - 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology, CIT-2010, 7th IEEE International Conference on Embedded Software and Systems, ICESS-2010, ScalCom-2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 991-995

  Al Hamar, Mariam ^a   Dawson, Ray ^a   Guan, Lin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E mail; Identity theft; Penetration test; Phishing; Spear phishing

Indexed keywords

E-MAIL; IDENTITY THEFT; PENETRATION TEST; PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHISHING; PHISHING ATTACKS; SECURITY AND PRIVACY;

CRIME; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EMBEDDED SOFTWARE;

EID: 78249256663     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIT.2010.182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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