DocumentCode
11661
Title
Cybercrime: Dissecting the State of Underground Enterprise
Author
Sood, Ashok ; Bansal, Rajeev ; Enbody, R.J.
Author_Institution
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA
Volume
17
Issue
1
fYear
2013
fDate
Jan.-Feb. 2013
Firstpage
60
Lastpage
68
Abstract
Cybercrime´s tentacles reach deeply into the Internet. A complete, underground criminal economy has developed that lets malicious actors steal money through the Web. The authors detail this enterprise, showing how information, expertise, and money flow through it. Understanding the underground economy´s structure is critical for fighting it.
Keywords
Internet; computer crime; Internet; Web; criminal economy; cybercrime tentacles; economy structure; underground enterprise; Computer crime; Computer security; Government policies; Internet; Malware; botnets; cyber warfare; cybercrime; exploit packs; hacking; malware; underground economy; vulnerabilities;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MIC.2012.61
Filename
6197174
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