<p>Social engineering attacks, especially trust exploitation, have become a focus of attention</p> <p>for cybercriminals attempting to manipulate or deceive users to take actions that further</p> <p>expose their vulnerabilities. This has also become a budding field for researchers as these</p> <p>interactions are based on complex social equations that are constantly taken advantage of.</p> <p>Identifying the "weakest link" is a popular method of identifying how these exploits take</p> <p>place, generally by observing when individuals fall for a social engineering attack. However,</p> <p>valuable insights may be used to harden security by observing patterns in users resistant</p> <p>or vigilant to these attacks. Primarily, this trend may be discovered in resistant users’</p> <p>personality traits. This has been found to be a more accurate indicator of behavior than</p> <p>self-reported intentions. Survey responses (n=120) indicate correlations between high test</p> <p>scores in trust exploitation exercises and Conscientiousness in the Big 5 Personality Model</p> <p>(p<0.001). No significant correlation was seen between self-reported cybersecurity habits</p> <p>and actual security behavior.</p>