Factors affecting awareness of phishing among Generation Y / Nur Farhana Mohd Zaharon, Mazurina Mohd Ali and Suhaily Hasnan

• Main Authors: Mohd Zaharon, Nur Farhana, Mohd Ali, Mazurina, Hasnan, Suhaily
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA 2021
• Subjects: Accounting. Bookkeeping; Computer networks. Electronic information resources . Including the Internet; Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance; Balance sheets. Financial statements. Including corporation reports. Financial reporting. Financial disclosure
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/2861/1/2861.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/2861/; https://apmaj.uitm.edu.my/

The purpose of this study was to determine the factors affecting awareness of phishing among Generation Y in Malaysia. Specifically, this study identified three factors that may influence awareness of phishing by applying the Theory of Technology Threat Avoidance. The factors are social engineering,...