{"title":"The psychological problem with ransomware","authors":"Bec McKeown","doi":"10.12968/s1361-3723(22)70605-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Our fears about being targeted by a cyber attack are understood – and exploited – by malicious actors. This is why, in building your defences against attacks – especially ransomware – you need to consider the psychological factors.","PeriodicalId":35636,"journal":{"name":"Computer Fraud and Security","volume":"225 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Computer Fraud and Security","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.12968/s1361-3723(22)70605-7","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Our fears about being targeted by a cyber attack are understood – and exploited – by malicious actors. This is why, in building your defences against attacks – especially ransomware – you need to consider the psychological factors.
期刊介绍:
Computer Fraud & Security has grown with the fast-moving information technology industry and has earned a reputation for editorial excellence with IT security practitioners around the world. Every month Computer Fraud & Security enables you to see the threats to your IT systems before they become a problem. It focuses on providing practical, usable information to effectively manage and control computer and information security within commercial organizations.