Patrick Lawson

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

2020 journal article

Email phishing and signal detection: How persuasion principles and personality influence response patterns and accuracy

APPLIED ERGONOMICS, 86.

By: P. Lawson n, C. Pearson n, A. Crowson n & C. Mayhorn n

author keywords: Phishing; Cybersecurity; Susceptibility; Signal detection; Persuasion principle; Personality
MeSH headings : Adolescent; Deception; Electronic Mail; Female; Humans; Male; Personality; Persuasive Communication; Social Interaction; Trust; Young Adult
TL;DR: Data support previous findings that high extroversion is predictive of increased susceptibility to phishing attacks and the various persuasions principles elicited diverse response criterions and sensitivities. (via Semantic Scholar)
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16. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions (OpenAlex)
Sources: Web Of Science, ORCID, NC State University Libraries
Added: May 18, 2020

2018 article

Baiting the Hook: Exploring the Interaction of Personality and Persuasion Tactics in Email Phishing Attacks

PROCEEDINGS OF THE 20TH CONGRESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ERGONOMICS ASSOCIATION (IEA 2018), VOL V: HUMAN SIMULATION AND VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS, WORK WITH COMPUTING SYSTEMS (WWCS), PROCESS CONTROL, Vol. 822, pp. 401–406.

By: P. Lawson n, A. Crowson n & C. Mayhorn n

author keywords: Phishing; Email; Personality; Persuasion
TL;DR: Previous findings that high extroversion is predictive of increased susceptibility to phishing attacks are confirmed, however, extraversion was also found to be associated with increased susceptibilityto phishing emails that utilize specific persuasion principles such as liking. (via Semantic Scholar)
Sources: Web Of Science, NC State University Libraries
Added: July 15, 2019

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