Beat the Bait: A Case Study on Phishing Attack

Abstract

Every year, cybercriminals become savvier with their phishing attacks and have tried-and-tested methods to deceive and steal from innocent victims. With this, this case study aims to remind all Internet users, especially people who work from home, about the posing threats when browsing or clicking suspicious links, to give warning to those who work in their own homes about the posing threat of keyloggers, and to provide sufficient knowledge to those who confidently work in their home about the threats of phishing. The researchers conducted a survey to its target users through the zoom meeting application. Purpose of the research were discussed in the zoom meeting as well.Research results show that the work from home employees understands the importance of knowing phishing attacks and keyloggers. It is crucial to do a security check-up of personal computers occasionally. Initially, in the researcher's pre-test, only 35% of the respondents strongly agreed that understanding phishing is necessary. However, after demonstrating how keyloggers work and how it may impact their systems, the initial 35% rose to 60%. Only 10% of the respondents think knowing phishing and keyloggers will not make their pc safer nor impact their work from home jobs.