Jafar, Alameen, Yeboah-Ofori, Abel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8055-9274, Abisogun, Toluwaloju, Hilton, Ian, Oguntoyinbo, Oluwole and Oyetunji, Oyelakin (2024) The Impact of Social Engineering Attacks on the Metaverse Platform. In: IEEE The 11th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud 2024), 19-21 Aug 2024, Vienna, Austria. (In Press)

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Abstract

The Metaverse environment is the fastest-growing
area of interest for augmented and virtual reality space to
converge and provide interactive learning and social cohesion.
However, existing vulnerabilities in the metaverse environment
are susceptible to various forms of social engineering exploits,
manipulations, and authentication attacks, leading to
psychological and emotional impacts on victims. Thus, the
effect of social engineering attacks in the metaverse can have
serious implications on social media users' well-being and the
digital ecosystem. The paper aims to explore the impact of
social engineering attacks on the Metaverse platform to detect
vulnerabilities and evaluate their psychological implications for
users. The contribution of the paper is threefold. First, the
existing metaverse platform is explored to identify the
vulnerable spots and understand the attack methods and their
impact on victims. Secondly, a social engineering attack is
implemented to exploit the vulnerabilities using Kali Linux
tools in a virtual environment to identify the human
vulnerabilities and flaws on the platform that allow the
compromise in security. Finally, control mechanisms were
recommended to improve security in the Metaverse platform.
The results indicate that the Metaverse device can be secure
when accurate control mechanisms are in place to improve
device and user accessibility security.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Depositing User:	Dr Abel Yeboah-Ofori
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2024 07:06
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2024 08:00
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/12333

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