Human Factors and Ergonomics Society mission is to promote the discovery and exchange of knowledge concerning the characteristics of human beings that are applicable to the design of systems and devices of all kinds.
The author of a paper to be presented at the upcoming 2013 International Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting has described behavioral, cognitive, and perceptual attributes of e-mail users who are vulnerable to phishing attacks. Phishing is the use of fraudulent e-mail correspondence to obtain passwords and credit card information, or to send viruses.
Learn more:
- https://www.hfes.org/web/DetailNews.aspx?ID=312
- http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet/?tag=Phishing
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/06/23/ict-awareness-what-you-should-know/
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/cyber-security-the-weakest-link-in-the-security-chain-is-the-human/