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A study of phishing emails and their ability to mislead recipients depending on age and education level
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
2021 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
En studie om bluffmejl och dess förmåga att vilseleda mottagare beroende på ålder och utbildningsnivå (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

Today, virtually every individual with access to an Internet connection also has a personal email address. This has made it easier for companies, for example, to market their products to customers. Company employees also often have access to work emails, where information about upcoming meetings, new tasks, etc. is posted. Up to 45% of today’s email traffic is made up of fraudulent emails that try to trick the recipient into providing personal data or clicking on a web link that then installs malicious software on the computer or mobile phone. This thesis examines how the recipient’s age group and level of education affect their ability to identify fraudulent emails. The results show that this ability decreases significantly with increasing age. In contrast, level of education was not a significant factor affecting this ability. 

Abstract [sv]

Idag har i princip varje individ med tillgång till en internetuppkoppling även en personlig email adress. Detta har förenklat för exempelvis företag att marknadsföra sina produkter till kunder. Arbetare på företag har ofta även tillgång till jobbmejl där information om kommande möten, nya arbetsuppgifter et cetera. Hela 45% av mejltrafiken idag utgörs av bluffmejl som försöker vilseleda mottagaren till att ge ut personliga uppgifter eller klicka på en webblänk som sedan installerar skadlig mjukvara på dator eller mobiltelefon. Denna avhandling undersöker om en mottagares åldersgrupp och utbildningsnivå påverkar förmågan att identifiera bluffmejl. Resultaten visar att denna förmåga minskar avsevärt när åldern ökar. Utbildningsnivå var däremot inte en särskilt stor faktor i hur förmågan påverkades.

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2021. , p. 27
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TRITA-EECS-EX ; 2021:458
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Computer and Information Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-302416OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-302416DiVA, id: diva2:1596444
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Available from: 2021-09-23 Created: 2021-09-22 Last updated: 2022-06-25Bibliographically approved

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