Abstract / Description of output

When people receive malicious emails that claim to be from a trusted entity like their bank, they can be frightened and uncertain about how safe it is to ignore or delete the message. The uncertainty is hard on users and it may lead them to engage in unsafe actions like clicking on links ``just to check.'' In this work we look at how to provide quick and accurate support to people who report phishing so that they can confidentially take appropriate action. For this, we will build a phishing-advice tool, PhishEd, that allows people to report malicious emails that they encounter and get automatically generated advice in response that is contextual to the suspicious email. The advice is meant to both help them make an informed decision about the reported email as well as provide some education to help them in handling future malicious emails better.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSymposium on Usable Privacy and Security
PublisherUsenix
Number of pages5
Publication statusPublished - 9 Aug 2022
Event18th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security - Boston, United States
Duration: 7 Aug 20229 Aug 2022
Conference number: 18
https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2022

Symposium

Symposium18th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security
Abbreviated titleSOUPS 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston
Period7/08/229/08/22
Internet address

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • security
  • phishing
  • usability

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