What makes Web sites credible?: a report on a large quantitative study
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
Secrets & Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security
Preventing Identity Theft For Dummies®
Preventing Identity Theft For Dummies®
How do users evaluate the credibility of Web sites?: a study with over 2,500 participants
Proceedings of the 2003 conference on Designing for user experiences
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Designing ethical phishing experiments: a study of (ROT13) rOnl query features
Proceedings of the 15th international conference on World Wide Web
Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft
Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft
Communications of the ACM
Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses (Symantec Press)
Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses (Symantec Press)
Stealing Your Life: The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
Stealing Your Life: The Ultimate Identity Theft Prevention Plan
Server-side detection of malware infection
NSPW '09 Proceedings of the 2009 workshop on New security paradigms workshop
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While good user education can hardly secure a system, we believe that poor user education can put it at serious risk. The current problem of online fraud is exasperated by the fact that most users make security decisions, such as whether to install a given piece of software or not, based on a very rudimentary understanding of risk. We describe the design principles behind SecurityCartoon.com, the first cartoon-based approach aimed at improving the understanding of risk among typical Internet users. We argue why an approach like ours is likely to produce better long-term effects than currently practiced educational efforts with the same general goals. This belief is based on the apparent difference between our approach and currently used alternatives. At the heart of these differences are the four guiding principles of our approach: (1) A research driven content selection, according to which we select educational messages based on user studies; (2) accessibility of the material, to reach and maintain a large readership; (3) user immersion in the material, based on repetitions on a theme; and (4) adaptability to a changing threat.