Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams

by Markus Jakobsson (Editor)

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493982066
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	06/09/2018
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2016
Pages:	130
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

Scams and Targeting.- Identifying Scams and Trends.- Predicting Trends.- Persuasion in Scams.- Traditional Countermeasures to Unwanted Email.- Obfuscation in Spam and Scam.- Semantic Analytics of Messages.- Case Study: Sales Scams.- Case Study: Rental Scams.- Case Study: Romance Scams.- Case Study: Business Email Compromise.- Conclusion and Next Steps.

Editorial 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)

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