Phishing success linked to incentives and sticking to an effective strategy

(Frontiers) A new study focusing on the attacker -- a largely ignored but crucial aspect of phishing -- identifies successful and less successful strategies. It also reveals that attackers are motivated by quicker and larger rewards -- with creative individuals putting more effort into constructing these malicious emails. Insights from the study can be used to develop tools and training procedures to detect phishing emails.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science http://ift.tt/2FgP77b