Social phishing
Communications of the ACMPublished 26 September 2007Open access
Tom N. Jagatic, Nathaniel A. Johnson, Markus Jakobsson, Filippo Menczer
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Sometimes a "friendly" email message tempts recipients to reveal more online than they otherwise would, playing right into the sender's hand.
Abstract
Sometimes a "friendly" email message tempts recipients to reveal more online than they otherwise would, playing right into the sender's hand.
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