Markus Jakobsson 
Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams [PDF ebook] 

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This book describes trends in email scams and offers tools and techniques

to identify such trends. It also describes automated countermeasures

based on an understanding of the type of persuasive methods used by

scammers. It reviews both consumer-facing scams and enterprise scams,

describing in-depth case studies relating to Craigslist scams and Business

Email Compromise Scams. This book provides a good starting point for

practitioners, decision makers and researchers in that it includes

alternatives and complementary tools to the currently deployed email

security tools, with a focus on understanding the metrics of scams.

Both professionals working in security and advanced-level students

interested in privacy or applications of computer science will find this book

a useful reference.


€96.29
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Tabella dei contenuti

Scams and Targeting.- Identifying Scams and Trends.- Predicting Trends.- Persuasion in Scams.- Traditional Countermeasures to Unwanted Email.- Obfuscation in Spam and Scam.- Semantic Analytics of Messages.- Case Study: Sales Scams.- Case Study: Rental Scams.- Case Study: Romance Scams.- Case Study: Business Email Compromise.- Conclusion and Next Steps.

Circa l’autore

Dr. Markus Jakobsson is a leading voice in advising on advancements in understanding phishing, crimeware, social engineering and mobile security. He specializes in research around applied security, ranging from mobile malware detection to improved user interfaces, and with special attention to understanding and blocking fraud. Dr. Jakobsson has authored or co-authored more than a hundred peer-reviewed publications and numerous books related to Internet Security and Online Fraud. Dr. Jakobsson is the inventor of more than 50 patents and more than 100 pending patents, and consults as an expert witness in high-profile patent litigation cases. In 2013, Qualcomm acquired Fat Skunk, an anti-malware startup founded by Dr. Jakobsson in 2009. He is the founder and CTO of Zap Fraud Inc, a company dedicated to rubbing out Business Email Compromise.


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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 130 ● ISBN 9781493964574 ● Dimensione 3.7 MB ● Editore Markus Jakobsson ● Casa editrice Springer New York ● Città NY ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2016 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 4975908 ● Protezione dalla copia DRM sociale

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