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
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;
Journal_Title :
Internet Computing, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIC.2012.61
