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
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