DocumentCode
5837
Title
When Does Targeting Make Sense for an Attacker?
Author
Herley, Cormac
Volume
11
Issue
2
fYear
2013
fDate
March-April 2013
Firstpage
89
Lastpage
92
Abstract
How do so many Internet users escape harm? The range of attacks is enormous and growing; we know that most users neglect even basic defense measures. Yet things somehow muddle along: 2 billion people use the Internet and seem to derive more good than harm from it. If security is only as good as the weakest link, why don´t worst-case outcomes happen regularly? Why isn´t everyone hacked every day? The answer might lie in economics rather than technology.
Keywords
Internet; security of data; Internet users; attack range; economics; Computer security; Internet; Network security; Privacy; economics; scalability; targeted attacks;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Security & Privacy, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1540-7993
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSP.2013.46
Filename
6493334
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