Thwarting Instant Messaging Phishing Attacks: The Role of Self-Efficacy and the Mediating Effect of Attitude towards Online Sharing of Personal Information.

Context: The cause of cybercrime phishing threats in Malaysia is a lack of knowledge and awareness of phishing.

Objective: The effects of self-efficacy (the ability to gain anti-phishing knowledge) and protection motivation (attitude toward sharing personal information online) on the risk of instant messaging phishing attacks (phishing susceptibility) are investigated in this study. The protection motivation theory (PMT) was tested in the context of attitudes toward sharing personal information online with a view to improving interventions to reduce the risk of phishing victimisation.

Public trust in primary care doctors, the medical profession and the healthcare system among Redhill residents in Singapore.

Introduction: There have been few studies on public trust in doctors and healthcare systems and this is the first in Singapore.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out in Redhill in January 2005. Citizens or Permanent Residents aged > or =18 years were randomly selected, one per household to avoid cluster bias, and 361 participated (response rate 68.