Overview
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.
Full Product Details
Author: Markus Jakobsson
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.454kg
ISBN: 9781493982066
ISBN 10: 1493982060
Pages: 130
Publication Date: 09 June 2018
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
“This up-to-date book zeroes in on the more recent phenomenon of lower volume, targeted emails. … It is directed at network administrators, security researchers, best policy practitioners, and law enforcers. … For the intended audiences, it is a decent high-level overview that is worth reading.” (David Bellin, Computing Reviews, February, 2017)
This up-to-date book zeroes in on the more recent phenomenon of lower volume, targeted emails. ... It is directed at network administrators, security researchers, best policy practitioners, and law enforcers. ... For the intended audiences, it is a decent high-level overview that is worth reading. (David Bellin, Computing Reviews, February, 2017)
Author Information
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 FatSkunk, an anti-malware startup founded by Dr. Jakobsson in 2009. He is the founder and CTO of ZapFraud Inc, a company dedicated to rubbing out Business Email Compromise.
