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On the modeling of cyber-attacks associated with social engineering: A parental control prototype

Abstract:

Nowadays, the psychological techniques used to harass, intimidate, threaten, steal information are more common due to free access to technological resources and the digitization of communications. However, studies related to cybersecurity concerning social engineering techniques are still limited. Several factors such as access to specific databases on cyber-attacks, the unification of scientific criteria that evaluate the nature of the problem, or the absence of accurate proposals that prevent and mitigate this problem could motivate researchers’ lack of interest in information security to generate meaningful contributions. This research presents a cyber-attack modeling process defining its stages through topic modeling. This process is applied to model grooming and bullying cyber-attacks, in which the use of psychological manipulation techniques by the attackers was evidenced. The proposal allowed the detection of the attackers’ communicational intentions with high accuracy. Additionally, a functional parental control prototype that supports the proposed modeling process is presented.