OLN | Social Engineering - the Adventure!
© Ferdinand Brand
Project information
submitted by
Jan Ehlers
Co-Authors
Rosemary Utenwojo Adejoh, Adam Alshourbagi, Ferdinand Brand, Noah Erik Erthel, Muhammad Rizky Maulana Risman, Florian Timm
Mentors
Prof. Dr. Stefan Lucks, PD Dr. Andreas Jakoby, Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jan Ehlers
Faculty:
Media
Degree programme:
Computer Science and Media (english) (Master of Science (M.Sc.)),
Human-Computer Interaction (Master of Science (M.Sc.))
Type of project presentation
Research project
Semester
Summer semester 2024
- Schwanseestraße 143 - S143
(Usability lab (Raum 2.23))
Freitag, 12.07.24, 13 - 17 Uhr
Project description
Many cyber attacks are based on social engineering techniques. These include pretending to be someone else, writing phishing emails, "dumpster diving" (looking through garbage for useful information that has been carelessly thrown away), and so on. Social engineering exploits human traits such as respect for authority, a willingness to help others, but also gullibility and laziness. Social engineering also relies on triggering and exploiting human emotions, such as fear, curiosity, hope or guilt. In this project, a text adventure will be developed to raise awareness of the techniques of social engineering. The player takes on the role of a hacker and has to break into various IT systems.
Email: jan.ehlers[at]uni-weimar.de