Cyber Fraud

With millions lost each year, cyber crime has evolved from a minor nuisance to a major concern involving well-organized actors and highly sophisticated organizations. Arguably one of the most important challenges of the 21st century, with millions lost each year, cyber crime has evolved from a minor nuisance to a major concern involving well-organized actors and highly sophisticated organizations. This volume explores the state of threats present in the cyber fraud underground. It discusses phishing/pharming, trojans/toolkits, direct threats, and pump-and-dump scams. By examining the operations of the cyber criminal, the book provides perspective into the general incentives, risks, and behavioral patterns of the fraudsters. Armed with this information, organizations and individuals are better able to develop countermeasures and crafting tactics to disrupt the fraud underground and secure their systems.

Verisign iDefense Security Intelligence Service, Dulles, Virginia, USA

Cyber Fraud: Principles, Trends, and Mitigation Techniques. The Cyber Threat Landscape in Russia. Banking Trojans: An Overview. The Russian Business Network: Rise and Fall of a Criminal ISP. IFrame Attacks - An Examination of the Business of IFrame Exploitation. Inside the World of Money Mules. Preventing Malicious Code from "Phoning Home". Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks: Motivations and Methods. Mobile Malicious Code Trends. The Torpig Trojan Exposed. The Laqma Trojan298. BBB: A Threat Analysis of Targeted Spear - Phishing Attacks. Silentbanker Unmuted: An In-Depth Examination of the Silentbaker Trojan Horse. Emerging Economic Models for Software Vulnerability Research.