Social Engineering Attacks on Government Opponents: Target Perspectives

New methods of dissident surveillance employed by repressive nation-states increasingly involve socially engineering targets into unwitting cooperation (e.g., by convincing them to open a malicious attachment or link). While a fair amount is understood about the nature of these threat actors and the...

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Main Authors: Marczak William R., Paxson Vern
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-04-01
Series:Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/popets-2017-0022