{"id":340,"date":"2026-05-04T02:00:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2026-05-04T03:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T03:18:39","slug":"case-study","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/case-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Case Study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This page presents a case study analysis of the <em>Operation Dream Job<\/em>, a real-world cyber espionage operation examined through a social science lens. The study explores the human factors and behavioral tactics used in targeted phishing and social engineering attacks, as well as the broader societal and organizational impacts. It also discusses interdisciplinary approaches to mitigating similar threats, emphasizing the role of psychology, trust exploitation, and awareness in cybersecurity defense.<\/p>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38047\/2026\/05\/CYSE-201S-Case-Study_-Operation-Dream-Job.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\"  data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">CYSE-201S-Case-Study_-Operation-Dream-Job<br\/><\/a>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This page presents a case study analysis of the Operation Dream Job, a real-world cyber espionage operation examined through a social science lens. The study explores the human factors and behavioral tactics used in targeted phishing and social engineering attacks, as well as the broader societal and organizational impacts. It also discusses interdisciplinary approaches to&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/case-study\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":30313,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30313"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/cyse-mbrow182\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}