Botnets Economics Of Cybercrime

Author : Jan Alexander Linxweiler
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3668333033
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Botnets. Economics of Cybercrime written by Jan Alexander Linxweiler and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2016-11-02 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay from the year 2016 in the subject Business economics - Accounting and Taxes, , course: Economics of Accounting and Finance, language: English, abstract: While crime is not considered something that is abstinent from the business world, it is also seldom realized as its own economy. The following paper will present an economic approach to crime in the modern area. The sphere of cybercrime, in particular the case of Botnets is going to be used to analyze a rational choice approach to economics in crime. In doing so, the basic model of rational choice economics in crime is presented. Then the case of Botnets is introduced and used to illustrate supporting and opposing arguments for the model. The paper will conclude that cybercrime – especially the case of botnets – is driven by rational choice and thus the idea of economic efficiency. The benefit of this conclusion results in the possibility of counter-measures to disrupt these criminal markets and lower profitability.

Author : Will Gragido
Publisher : Newnes
ISBN 13 : 1597499765
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blackhatonomics written by Will Gragido and published by Newnes. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blackhatonomics explains the basic economic truths of the underworld of hacking, and why people around the world devote tremendous resources to developing and implementing malware. The book provides an economic view of the evolving business of cybercrime, showing the methods and motivations behind organized cybercrime attacks, and the changing tendencies towards cyber-warfare. Written by an exceptional author team of Will Gragido, Daniel J Molina, John Pirc and Nick Selby, Blackhatonomics takes practical academic principles and backs them up with use cases and extensive interviews, placing you right into the mindset of the cyber criminal. Historical perspectives of the development of malware as it evolved into a viable economic endeavour Country specific cyber-crime analysis of the United States, China, and Russia, as well as an analysis of the impact of Globalization on cyber-crime Presents the behind the scenes methods used to successfully execute financially motivated attacks in a globalized cybercrime economy Provides unique insights, analysis, and useful tools for justifying corporate information security budgets Provides multiple points of view, from pure research, to corporate, to academic, to law enforcement Includes real world cybercrime case studies and profiles of high-profile cybercriminals

Author : Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1447152166
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Botnets written by Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Malware poses one of the major threats to all currently operated computer systems. The scale of the problem becomes obvious by looking at the global economic loss caused by different kinds of malware, which is estimated to be more than US$ 10 billion every year. Botnets, a special kind of malware, are used to reap economic gains by criminals as well as for politically motivated activities. In contrast to other kinds of malware, botnets utilize a hidden communication channel to receive commands from their operator and communicate their current status. The ability to execute almost arbitrary commands on the infected machines makes botnets a general-purpose tool to perform malicious cyber-activities. Botnets provides a comprehensive analysis of the topic, and comprises both technical and non-technical sections written by leading cybersecurity experts. The non-technical section addresses how botnet infrastructure could be exploited for national security and cybercrime purposes. It approaches the subject as a public policy issue and analyzes the phenomenon of botnets from national security, law enforcement and regulatory policy perspectives, and makes recommendations for policy-makers on different public policies, highlighting the need for international response mechanisms. The technical section provides insight into current botnet techniques and discusses state-of-the-art countermeasures to combat the botnet threat in detail. It includes new detection methods as well as different approaches to actively compromise running botnets.

Author : Rainer Böhme
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642394981
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Economics of Information Security and Privacy written by Rainer Böhme and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-29 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late 1990s, researchers began to grasp that the roots of many information security failures can be better explained with the language of economics than by pointing to instances of technical flaws. This led to a thriving new interdisciplinary research field combining economic and engineering insights, measurement approaches and methodologies to ask fundamental questions concerning the viability of a free and open information society. While economics and information security comprise the nucleus of an academic movement that quickly drew the attention of thinktanks, industry, and governments, the field has expanded to surrounding areas such as management of information security, privacy, and, more recently, cybercrime, all studied from an interdisciplinary angle by combining methods from microeconomics, econometrics, qualitative social sciences, behavioral sciences, and experimental economics. This book is structured in four parts, reflecting the main areas: management of information security, economics of information security, economics of privacy, and economics of cybercrime. Each individual contribution documents, discusses, and advances the state of the art concerning its specific research questions. It will be of value to academics and practitioners in the related fields.

Author : M. Eric Johnson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387097627
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Managing Information Risk and the Economics of Security written by M. Eric Johnson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-04-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security has been a human concern since the dawn of time. With the rise of the digital society, information security has rapidly grown to an area of serious study and ongoing research. While much research has focused on the technical aspects of computer security, far less attention has been given to the management issues of information risk and the economic concerns facing firms and nations. Managing Information Risk and the Economics of Security provides leading edge thinking on the security issues facing managers, policy makers, and individuals. Many of the chapters of this volume were presented and debated at the 2008 Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS), hosted by the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. Sponsored by Tuck’s Center for Digital Strategies and the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P), the conference brought together over one hundred information security experts, researchers, academics, reporters, corporate executives, government officials, cyber crime investigators and prosecutors. The group represented the global nature of information security with participants from China, Italy, Germany, Canada, Australia, Denmark, Japan, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the US. This volume would not be possible without the dedicated work Xia Zhao (of Dartmouth College and now the University of North Carolina, Greensboro) who acted as the technical editor.

Author : Jason Healey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Zero Botnets: Building a Global Effort to Clean Up the Internet written by Jason Healey and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : V.S. Subrahmanian
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319257609
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Cyber-Vulnerability Report written by V.S. Subrahmanian and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book that uses cyber-vulnerability data to explore the vulnerability of over four million machines per year, covering a two-year period as reported by Symantec. Analyzing more than 20 billion telemetry reports comprising malware and binary reputation reports, this book quantifies the cyber-vulnerability of 44 countries for which at least 500 hosts were monitored. Chapters explain the context for this data and its impact, along with explaining how the cyber-vulnerability is calculated. This book also contains a detailed summary of the cyber-vulnerability of dozens of nations according to the percentage of infected hosts and number of infections. It identifies relationships between piracy rates, GDP and other country indicators. The book contains detailed information about potential cyber-security policies that 44 countries have announced, as well as an analysis of gaps in cyber-security policies in general. The Global Cyber-Vulnerability Report targets researchers and professionals including government and military workers, policy-makers and law-makers working in cybersecurity or the web intelligence fields. Advanced-level students in computer science will also find this report valuable as a reference.

Author : Babak Akhgar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319389300
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Combatting Cybercrime and Cyberterrorism written by Babak Akhgar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-05-27 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comprises an authoritative and accessible edited collection of chapters of substantial practical and operational value. For the very first time, it provides security practitioners with a trusted reference and resource designed to guide them through the complexities and operational challenges associated with the management of contemporary and emerging cybercrime and cyberterrorism (CC/CT) issues. Benefiting from the input of three major European Commission funded projects the book's content is enriched with case studies, explanations of strategic responses and contextual information providing the theoretical underpinning required for the clear interpretation and application of cyber law, policy and practice, this unique volume helps to consolidate the increasing role and responsibility of society as a whole, including law enforcement agencies (LEAs), the private sector and academia, to tackle CC/CT. This new contribution to CC/CT knowledge follows a multi-disciplinary philosophy supported by leading experts across academia, private industry and government agencies. This volume goes well beyond the guidance of LEAs, academia and private sector policy documents and doctrine manuals by considering CC/CT challenges in a wider practical and operational context. It juxtaposes practical experience and, where appropriate, policy guidance, with academic commentaries to reflect upon and illustrate the complexity of cyber ecosystem ensuring that all security practitioners are better informed and prepared to carry out their CC/CT responsibilities to protect the citizens they serve.

Author : Jack A. Jarmon
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538104326
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cyber Threat and Globalization written by Jack A. Jarmon and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed for those who want a better grasp of the nature and existential threat of today’s information wars. It uses a conceptual approach to explain the relevant concepts as well as the structural challenges and responsibilities with which policy makers struggle and practitioners must work.

Author : Babak Akhgar
Publisher : Syngress
ISBN 13 : 0128008113
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator's Handbook written by Babak Akhgar and published by Syngress. This book was released on 2014-07-16 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator’s Handbook is a vital tool in the arsenal of today’s computer programmers, students, and investigators. As computer networks become ubiquitous throughout the world, cyber crime, cyber terrorism, and cyber war have become some of the most concerning topics in today’s security landscape. News stories about Stuxnet and PRISM have brought these activities into the public eye, and serve to show just how effective, controversial, and worrying these tactics can become. Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator’s Handbook describes and analyzes many of the motivations, tools, and tactics behind cyber attacks and the defenses against them. With this book, you will learn about the technological and logistic framework of cyber crime, as well as the social and legal backgrounds of its prosecution and investigation. Whether you are a law enforcement professional, an IT specialist, a researcher, or a student, you will find valuable insight into the world of cyber crime and cyber warfare. Edited by experts in computer security, cyber investigations, and counter-terrorism, and with contributions from computer researchers, legal experts, and law enforcement professionals, Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism Investigator’s Handbook will serve as your best reference to the modern world of cyber crime. Written by experts in cyber crime, digital investigations, and counter-terrorism Learn the motivations, tools, and tactics used by cyber-attackers, computer security professionals, and investigators Keep up to date on current national and international law regarding cyber crime and cyber terrorism See just how significant cyber crime has become, and how important cyber law enforcement is in the modern world