Phishing is a deceptive form that involves attempts to solicit personal or sensitive information through social engineering methods. Phishing is commonly conducted via email. An attacker acts as a reputable or trusted source to influence recipients to click on a link or to open an attachment within an email. Social influence refers to change in …
We all have questions, but who are the people with the answers for Cybersecurity. In this series we sat down with academics and experts to ask them about how they got started, what they are researching now, their lessons for us and the future. In this part 2, Aleksander Essex, Associate professor of software engineering …
Si les vols d’identité ont toujours existé, la prolifération de formes rapides de communication en ligne a en facilité leur développement. Au Canada, le taux de fraudes (y compris le vol d’identité et la fraude d’identité) a poursuivi sa croissance pour une septième année consécutive, lequel a augmenté de 12 % de 2017 à 2018. Les …
While identity-related offenses always existed, the proliferation of quick forms of online communication has facilitated their expansion. In Canada, the rate of fraud (including identity theft and identity fraud) continued to increase for seven years in a row, with a 12% increase between 2017 and 2018. Incidents of identity fraud and identity theft increased from …
We all have questions, but who are the people with the answers for Cybersecurity. In this series we sat down with academics and experts to ask them about how they got started, what they are researching now, their lessons for us and the future. In this video, Aleksander Essex, Associate professor of software engineering …
La fraude en ligne représente un défi majeur pour la société, car des millions de victimes sont touchées chaque année par cette infraction. Les statistiques sur le nombre de fraude en ligne qui se produisent annuellement ne sont pas exactes. Cependant, Statistique Canada a montré que la fraude (y compris la fraude en ligne) a …
Online fraud poses a significant challenge to society, as millions of victims are affected by this offense every year. Statistics about the rate of online fraud offenses that occur each year is not accurate. However, Statistic Canada showed that fraud (including online fraud) has been on the rise in the last decade, going up to …
La fraude en ligne peut être définie comme une infraction facilitée par les nouvelles technologies, ce qui signifie que même si cette infraction utilise Internet et d’autres technologies pour faciliter sa perpétration, elle n’en dépend pas exclusivement. En tant que telle, cette définition reconnaît que la fraude peut se produire dans des environnements en ligne …
Online fraud can be defined as a “cyber-enabled” offense, which means that while this offense uses the Internet and other technologies to facilitate its perpetration, fraud is not exclusively dependent upon it. As such, this definition recognizes that fraud offenses can occur across both online and offline environments. Even though Internet has increased the reach …
Ayeleso Emmanuel Celestine and Parsa Vafaie from the University of Ottawa presented their analysis of data from the Statistics Canada Cybercrime Survey at our 2019 Workshop in Ottawa. This was as part of a competition aiming to better align recent evidence and statistics with best practices for business. Participants thoroughly examined the data from Statistics …