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Social Engineering awareness: The risks of open Wi-Fi access points
University West, Department of Engineering Science.
2024 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (university diploma), 5 credits / 7,5 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [en]

This study was focused on social engineering using open Wi-Fi access points on students studying at university Vest. The study contains of two attack types, aimed to gather credentials from unaware students. The result shows that even students studying cyber security had difficulty identifying the different attacks.

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2024. , p. 24
Keywords [en]
Social engineering, open access points, cybercrime, cyber security, Captive portal phishing, DNS spoofing
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Information Systems, Social aspects
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-22371Local ID: EXN300OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-22371DiVA, id: diva2:1894339
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Computer engineering
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Nätverksteknik med IT-säkerhet
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Available from: 2024-09-16 Created: 2024-09-03 Last updated: 2025-09-30Bibliographically approved

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