• DocumentCode
    1335288
  • Title

    Stealing Reality: When Criminals Become Data Scientists (or Vice Versa)

  • Author

    Altshuler, Yaniv ; Aharony, Nadav ; Pentland, Alex ; Elovici, Yuval ; Cebrian, Manuel

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    30
  • Abstract
    Stealing-reality attacks attempt to steal social network and behavioral information through data collection and inference techniques, making them more dangerous than other types of identity theft.
  • Keywords
    inference mechanisms; security of data; social networking (online); behavioral information; data collection; identity theft; inference technique; social network; stealing-reality attack; Complexity theory; Computer security; Electronic mail; Intelligent systems; Malware; Mobile handsets; Social network services; advanced persistent threat; intelligent systems; malware; mobile networks security; social and economic computing; stealth attacks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2011.78
  • Filename
    6030866