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Pepper Robot as a Social Engineering Vector: Evaluating the Security of Traditional and User-Generated Security Questions


Ethan Hudson-Lloyd

06/05/2026

Supervised by Christopher Wallbridge; Moderated by Padraig Corcoran

This pilot study aims to see if social robots such as pepper robot (PR) are feasible as social engineering attack vectors. This will be done by having the robot attempt to extract information relating to both common security questions (for example name of first pet) and user-created security questions.


Initial Plan (30/01/2026) [Zip Archive]

Final Report (06/05/2026) [Zip Archive]

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