A Novel Approach to Get Awareness in Saudi Arabia Regarding Phishing Attacks

Aljumah, Y.; Ahmed, S. S.

Phishing attacks are nowadays becoming one of the most predominant cyber-attacks in the world with reports stating a dramatic increase during the COVID-19 pandemic. These types of attacks target the user's often easily exposable knowledge and awareness thereby often resulting in a high success rate. The danger is heightened when the goal of these types of attacks is driven by financial gain, or the obtaining of personal information and critically important data. Our proposed research aims to measure the phishing attack awareness level of Saudi internet users. To collect this data, a survey was designed to measure user's information and awareness about phishing. The result demonstrates the knowledge and the phishing attack awareness level of internet users in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, we have analyzed the collected data with a discussion of the outcomes leading to a final conclusion of our research and the future work that can be done within this area. © 2021 IEEE.