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“A Bank Would Never Write That!” - A Qualitative Study on E-Mail Trust Decisions

Pfeiffer, Thomas ; Kauer, Michaela ; Röth, Julia
Hrsg.: Plödereder, E. ; Grunske, L. ; Schneider, E. (2014)
“A Bank Would Never Write That!” - A Qualitative Study on E-Mail Trust Decisions.
INFORMATIK 2014 Big Data – Komplexität meistern. Stuttgart (22. – 26. September 2014)
Konferenzveröffentlichung, Erstveröffentlichung

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

In order to communicate the risk of fraudulent e-mails to users properly, it is important to know which aspects they focus on when evaluating the trustworthiness of an e-mail. To that end, a study was conducted to test predictions derived from a decision model by asking participants how they would react to each of eight e-mails and why. The study confirms results from previous research showing that content as well as visual and linguistic aspects, but also technical aspects such as sender address and link URL are considered by recipients. It also adds new findings like the fact that through experience and education, users form rules such as “A bank will never ask you for account details via e-mail” or the fact that attachments in HTML format or implausible sending times raise suspicions in users. These findings can be used to inform the design of anti-fraud education and user interfaces of e-mail clients.

Typ des Eintrags: Konferenzveröffentlichung
Erschienen: 2014
Herausgeber: Plödereder, E. ; Grunske, L. ; Schneider, E.
Autor(en): Pfeiffer, Thomas ; Kauer, Michaela ; Röth, Julia
Art des Eintrags: Erstveröffentlichung
Titel: “A Bank Would Never Write That!” - A Qualitative Study on E-Mail Trust Decisions
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: September 2014
Ort: Bonn
Buchtitel: INFORMATIK 2014
Reihe: GI-Edition Lecture Notes in Informatics
Band einer Reihe: 232
Veranstaltungstitel: INFORMATIK 2014 Big Data – Komplexität meistern
Veranstaltungsort: Stuttgart
Veranstaltungsdatum: 22. – 26. September 2014
URL / URN: http://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/4161
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

In order to communicate the risk of fraudulent e-mails to users properly, it is important to know which aspects they focus on when evaluating the trustworthiness of an e-mail. To that end, a study was conducted to test predictions derived from a decision model by asking participants how they would react to each of eight e-mails and why. The study confirms results from previous research showing that content as well as visual and linguistic aspects, but also technical aspects such as sender address and link URL are considered by recipients. It also adds new findings like the fact that through experience and education, users form rules such as “A bank will never ask you for account details via e-mail” or the fact that attachments in HTML format or implausible sending times raise suspicions in users. These findings can be used to inform the design of anti-fraud education and user interfaces of e-mail clients.

Freie Schlagworte: e-mail, phishing, social engineering, eye-tracking, interview
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-41613
Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): 000 Allgemeines, Informatik, Informationswissenschaft > 004 Informatik
100 Philosophie und Psychologie > 150 Psychologie
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau
16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau > Institut für Arbeitswissenschaft (IAD)
Hinterlegungsdatum: 09 Nov 2014 20:55
Letzte Änderung: 28 Jun 2018 11:49
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