Analysis of user awareness on phishing attempt among student

• Main Author: Nagalingam, Vanisri
• Format: Thesis
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/48348/

The world that we are living in now is surrounded by emerging technology. Technology has undoubtedly improved human lifestyle. As days go by, the combination of technology and internet have taken over the digital world now. It is seen in our daily lifestyle that people are connected to this technology everywhere. With the increase of internet usage, every activity easily done through online from online banking to online meeting. There are many types of online attacks and one of the famous online attacks is phishing. Phishing attacks exploit email or malicious websites to seek personal information by posing as a truthful party. To protect users from phishing attacks a proper analysis need to be done to understand how users interact with those attacks. In this thesis I present analysis in user awareness on phishing attempt among students. A proper data collection through mixed method which is through web based survey and an interview will be conducted. In the end an appropriate awareness guidelines will be propose to targeted users.