In this paper, estimates of the probability of success of a multi-pass social engineering attack are considered. The purpose of the article is to identify the most critical path for the spread of a multi-way socio-engineering attack between two users. An approach is proposed for finding the most critical trajectories, an estimate of the probability of success of the passage of an attack on which will be the highest. Formally, the problem reduces to finding a path in the graph, in which the product of the weights of all edges entering the given path is maximal. The use of known algorithms in the solution of the problem was complicated by the fact that the weights of edges of the social graph are estimates of probability. This problem was solved by means of identical mathematical transformations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Second International Scientific and Practical Conference “Fuzzy Technologies in the Industry – FTI 2018”. CEUR Workshop Proceedings.
Pages38-43
Number of pages6
Volume2258
StatePublished - 2018
Event2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference "Fuzzy Technologies in the Industry - FTI", FTI 2018 - Ulyanovsk, Russian Federation
Duration: 23 Oct 201825 Oct 2018

Publication series

NameCEUR Workshop Proceedings
ISSN (Print)1613-0073

Conference

Conference2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference "Fuzzy Technologies in the Industry - FTI", FTI 2018
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityUlyanovsk
Period23/10/1825/10/18

    Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science(all)

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