Cyberskepticism: The Mind's Firewall

Abstract

This article explains the context within which cyber deception has fermented. It then offers several examples of the forms that cyber deception has taken in recent years. Topics discussed include social engineering, the internet -- a fertile playing field, cyber deception from an unlikely and trusted source, cyber linking the virtual world with the real world (especially romance), cyber deceptive visitors, cyber deceptive RFID tags, cyber deception to breach firewalls, cyber deceptive advertising, cyber deception techniques of a hacker, cyber phishing, cyber deception and hoaxbusters, cyber deception by insurgents, cyber address book harvesting, and cyber deception by the Russian military via reflexive control. The bottom line: be a cyberskeptic. Only in this way can one erect an effective cognitive defense against the many forms of cyber deception. The mind has no firewall except skepticism.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA494346

Entities

People

  • Timothy L. Thomas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Basic Programming Language
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cyber Deception
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Information Security
  • Internet
  • Law
  • Mobile Phones
  • Operating Systems
  • Personal Computers
  • Security
  • Social Engineering
  • Social Media
  • Websites

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber