Analysis of WhatsApp Mod User Awareness Information Security with Static Analysis Methods and Quantitative Methods

Perkembangan teknologi yang semakin meningkat membuat penggunaan teknologi didunia juga semakin meningkat dan memberi dampak yang baik maupun buruk terhadap keamanan informasi yang ada pada dunia maya, keamanan informasi yang ada ini dapat tersebar dan diakses oleh orang yang tidak bertanggung jawab dengan memanfaatkan celah keamanan dari setiap media informasi yang ada pada dunia maya, Salah satu celah yang memungkinkan adanya tindak kejahatan dengan memanfaatkan aplikasi yang tidak resmi dimana pada aplikasi tersebut menawarkan fiturfitur yang lebih menarik sehingga para pengguna mau untuk menggunakan aplikasi tersebut. Aplikasi yang marak digunakan adalah diantaranya jenis jejaring sosial chatting, dimana pada kasus ini diangkat tema tentang pengguna whatsapp mod, dimana pada whatsapp mod tersebut ditawarkan beberapa fitur yang tidak ada pada aplikasi whatsapp yang resmi ada pada platform android. Hal ini dapat menjadi salah satu celah yang mana pengembangan aplikasi tidak dilakukan secara resmi, dimana data dan informasi yang disebarkan melalui media komunikasi whatsapp mod tersebut tidak dapat dijamin keamanannya. Maka dari itu dengan adanya penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan nilai persentase terkait tingkat kewaspadaan pengguna whatsapp yang dapat dijadikan pembelajaran terkait keamanan informasi yang ada dengan memperhatikan hasil analisis statis terkait celah keamanan yang ada pada aplikasi whatsapp mod.

An Architecture for Collaborative Terrain Sketching with Mobile Devices

3D terrains used in digital animations and videogames are typically created by several collaborators with a single-user application, which constrains them to update the shared terrain from their PCs, using a turn-taking strategy. Moreover, collaborators have to visualize the terrain through 2D views, confusing novice users when conceiving its shape in 3D. In this article, we describe an architecture for collaborative applications, which allow co-located users to sketch a terrain using their mobile devices concurrently. Two interaction modes are supplied: the standard one and an augmented reality-based mode, which helps collaborators understand the 3D terrain shape. Using the painting with brushesparadigm, users can modify the terrain while visualizing its shape evolution through the camera of their devices. Work coordination is promoted by enriching the 3D space with each collaborator’s avatar, which provides awareness information about identity, location, and current action. We implemented a collaborative application from this architecture that was tested by groups of users, who assessed its hedonic and pragmatic qualities in both interaction modes and compared them with the qualities of a similar Web terrain editor. The results showed that the augmented reality mode of our prototype was considered more attractive and usable by the participants.

Investigating the Experience of Social Engineering Victims: Exploratory and User Testing Study

The advent of mobile technologies and social network applications has led to an increase in malicious scams and social engineering (SE) attacks which are causing loss of money and breaches of personal information. Understanding how SE attacks spread can provide useful information in curbing them. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has demonstrated efficacy in detecting SE attacks, but the acceptability of such a detection approach is yet to be investigated across users with different levels of SE awareness. This paper conducted two studies: (1) exploratory study where qualitative data were collected from 20 victims of SE attacks to inform the development of an AI-based tool for detecting fraudulent messages; and (2) a user testing study with 48 participants with different occupations to determine the detection tool acceptability. Overall, six major themes emerged from the victims’ actions “experiences: reasons for falling for attacks; attack methods; advice on preventing attacks; detection methods; attack context and victims”. The user testing study showed that the AI-based tool was accepted by all users irrespective of their occupation. The categories of users’ occupations can be attributed to the level of SE awareness. Information security awareness should not be limited to organizational levels but extend to social media platforms as public information.

International Students' in Taiwan Perspectives of Global Awareness Improvement

As international students, they need to adapt and learn new experiences in a foreign country quickly; this ability is instrumental in increasing their global awareness. This research is a quantitative study using descriptive statistical analysis and hypothesis testing using ANOVA. The ANOVA test is used to determine the effect of gender and college on global awareness which consists of Critical Thinking, Global Awareness, Information Literacy Self-efficacy, Communication and Teamwork. A student's characteristics are not only influenced by the classroom environment and the university environment but the person who is formed over the years before entering the new ecosystem.

The efficacy of public health information for encouraging radon gas awareness and testing varies by audience age, sex and profession

Radioactive radon inhalation is a leading cause of lung cancer and underlies an ongoing public health crisis. Radon exposure prevention strategies typically begin by informing populations about health effects, and their initial efficacy is measured by how well and how fast information convinces individuals to test properties. This communication process is rarely individualized, and there is little understanding if messages impact diverse demographics equally. Here, we explored how 2,390 people interested in radon testing differed in their reaction to radon's public health information and their subsequent decision to test. Only 20% were prompted to radon test after 1 encounter with awareness information, while 65% required 2–5 encounters over several months, and 15% needed 6 to > 10 encounters over many years. People who most delayed testing were more likely to be men or involved in engineering, architecture, real estate and/or physical science-related professions. Social pressures were not a major factor influencing radon testing. People who were the least worried about radon health risks were older and/or men, while negative emotional responses to awareness information were reported more by younger people, women and/or parents. This highlights the importance of developing targeted demographic messaging to create effective radon exposure prevention strategies.

Penerapan Metode Perbandingan Dempster-Shafer dengan Certainty Factor pada Aplikasi Sistem Pakar Deteksi Dini Penyakit Alzheimer pada Lansia Berbasis Web

Alzheimer's is a dementia disease associated with changes in protein in the brain. According to WHO, in 2010 there were 35.6 million people suffering from dementia. People with dementia are usually the elderly. Due to the lack of awareness, information, and knowledge about Alzheimer's disease, an expert system was created using the Dempster-Shafer comparison method with Certainty Factors to assist in early detection of the disease. The results of this study are, there is a final value of the diagnostic results using the Certainty Factor method of 56% while using the Dempster-Shafer method of 54.5%.Keywords:Alzheimer, Expert system, Dempster-Shafer, Certainty Factor, Web-Based.

A Framework for Identifying Sequences of Interactions That Cause Usability Problems in Collaborative Systems

Collaborative systems support shared spaces, where groups of users exchange interactions. In order to ensure the usability of these systems, an intuitive interactions’ organization and that each user has awareness information to know the activity of others are necessary. Usability laboratories allow evaluators to verify these requirements. However, laboratory usability evaluations can be problematic for reproducing mobile and ubiquitous contexts, as they restrict the place and time in which the user interacts with the system. This paper presents a framework for building software support that it collects human–machine interactions in mobile and ubiquitous contexts and outputs an assessment of the system’s usability. This framework is constructed through learning that is based on neural networks, identifying sequences of interactions related to usability problems when users carry out collaborative activities. The paper includes a case study that puts the framework into action during the development process of a smartphone application that supports collaborative sport betting.

Legal awareness of citizens and legal information burnout issue

We analyze the concept of legal awareness of citizens, its structure, significance for a particular individual and for society as a whole, ways to increase the level of legal awareness of the population, as well as the con-sequences due to an increase in the level of legal awareness. We cover the is-sue of excess information in the legal sphere, its causes and consequences. We consider the essence of legal information burnout, its signs, potential danger and impact, identified preventive measures and methods to combat this phenomenon. We comprehend the impact of excessive legal information on professional deformation and professional burnout of lawyers, we have determined the functional significance of excessive legal information to citi-zens to maintain the proper level of their legal functional literacy. The pur-pose of the study is to determine the relationship between the increased vol-ume of legal awareness, information overload, legal information burnout and, as a consequence, the professional deformation of lawyers. We make an attempt to declare the existence of the phenomenon, which is conventionally called by the author legal information burnout. The study will be of interest to specialists in the field of jurisprudence, psychology, information technology, and may also be useful for other specialists and all those who are interested in the issues of this issue.

Integration of ICTs in Radio Programs (II-RP) for Environmental Awareness for Peasant Farmers of Rural Zambia

The radio was the most and only reliable media capable of disseminating remedial information for methods of curing and preventing the outbreak of animal and crop diseases. However, this mode of media faced the challenges of majority of peasant farmers not owning radios, and as a result, they did not access such services. In addition, the distance among the peasant farmers hindered people sharing such resources. Nevertheless, the mushrooming owning of mobile phones by the majority of peasant farmers made information sharing possible. It was in view of that that the integration of ICTs on radio programs, in this work abbreviated as II-RP, was envisaged to disseminate remedial information to peasant farmers in remote areas of Zambia. The II-RP, a mobile built system, allowed farmers and agriculture officers to share the awareness information and sensitization of methods of farming.

The Community Cybersecurity Maturity Model (CCSMM)

Lessons learned from the community cyber security exercises showed common threads each community needed to focus on in order to improve the community's cyber security posture. These similarities were grouped into four areas of improvement called dimensions. The dimensions are awareness, information sharing, policies, and planning. The methods in which communities can implement improvement are called implementation mechanisms. These mechanisms are common approaches used every day such as establishing metrics, implementing technologies, creating processes and procedures, and conducting training and assessments.