Category: Cybersecurity
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Trust is one of those concepts we use every day without thinking too much about it. We trust people, institutions, technologies, and countless invisible systems that make modern life possible. Yet when we try to explain what trust actually is, the concept quickly becomes more complex. The sociologist and philosopher Niklas Luhmann famously wrote1 that without trust…
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The Absence of Safeguards in Online Scams In victimology, the risk of becoming a victim does not depend solely on individual characteristics, but also on the context in which people live and act. One of the most widely used frameworks to understand victimization is the Routine Activity Theory (RAT), developed by Cohen and Felson (1979)1.…
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Many of the decisions we make online are not the result of slow, deliberate reasoning. They often happen in contexts of haste, distraction, and information overload. Under these conditions, our brain relies on mental shortcuts known in psychology as cognitive biases. Biases are not random mistakes or signs of naivety. They are systematic distortions of judgment…
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Many people claim to care about their privacy. They express concerns about the collection of personal data, the use of information online, and the potential consequences of their digital exposure.Yet, in practice, they continue to share data, accept terms of use without reading them, and use digital services that make extensive use of their personal…
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Cybercriminals have been using forms of artificial intelligence for decades. However, it is especially the most recent technologies—particularly those based on Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLM)1 —that have radically changed the landscape in recent years. Today, anyone can fall victim to a scam, not only online but also offline, through phone calls, home visits, or other direct…