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标题：Coronavirus Social Engineering Attacks: Issues and Recommendations
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作者：Ahmed Alzahrani
期刊名称：International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications(IJACSA)
印刷版ISSN：2158-107X
电子版ISSN：2156-5570
出版年度：2020
卷号：11
期号：5
DOI：10.14569/IJACSA.2020.0110523
出版社：Science and Information Society (SAI)
摘要：During the current coronavirus pandemic, cybercriminals are exploiting people’s anxieties to steal confidential information, distribute malicious software, perform ransomware attacks and use other social engineering attacks. The number of social engineering attacks is increasing day by day due to people's failure to recognize the attacks. Therefore, there is an urgent need for solutions to help people understand social engineering attacks and techniques. This paper helps individuals and industry by reviewing the most common coronavirus social engineering attacks and provides recommendations for responding to such an attack. The paper also discusses the psychology behind social engineering and introduces security awareness as a solution to reduce the risk of social engineering attacks.
关键词：Social engineering; coronavirus; COVID-19; phishing; vishing; smishing; scams; working remotely; cybersecurity; security awareness; human security behavior