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Misconceptions about digital security and privacy topics in the general public frequently lead to insecure behavior. However, little is known about the prevalence and extent of such misconceptions in a global context. In this work, we…

In cybersecurity, attackers range from brash, unsophisticated script kiddies and cybercriminals to stealthy, patient advanced persistent threats. When modeling these attackers, we can observe that they demonstrate different risk-seeking and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-27 Erick Galinkin , John Carter , Spiros Mancoridis

The first six months of 2018 saw cryptocurrency thefts of $761 million, and the technology is also the latest and greatest tool for money laundering. This increase in crime has caused both researchers and law enforcement to look for ways to…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-03-16 Mansoor Ahmed-Rengers , Ilia Shumailov , Ross Anderson

Cyber security threats to the payment and banking system have become a worldwide menace. The phenomenon has forced financial institutions to take risks as part of their business model. Hence, deliberate investment in sophisticated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-12-26 Williams Haruna , Toyin Ajiboro Aremu , Yetunde Ajao Modupe

This paper provides an overview of how crypto currency and blockchain engineering interacts with the law enforcement. We point out that a large proportion of crypto users are amateur investors and the dominant and the largest segment in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-03 Nicolas T. Courtois , Kacper T. Gradon , Klaus Schmeh

We live in a virtual world where actual lifestyles are replicated. The growing reliance on the use of social media networks worldwide has resulted in great concern for information security. One of the factors popularizing the social media…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Emmanuel Etuh , Francis S. Bakpo , Eneh Agozie H

Over the last two decades, the scale and complexity of the Internet and its associated technologies built on the World Wide Web has grown exponentially with access to Internet as a facility occupying a prime place with other amenities of…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2015-12-23 B H Priyanka , Ravi Prakash

AI companies and governments are increasingly concerned about frontier AI systems enabling cybercrime, yet defining meaningful capability thresholds requires knowing the scale of cybercrime today. Current estimates of global cybercrime…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-03-24 Kamilė Lukošiūtė , John Halstead , Luca Righetti

In today's world of computers, any kind of information can be made available within few clicks for different endeavors. The information may be tampered by changing the statistical properties and can be further used for criminal activities.…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2017-09-20 Nikita Rana , Gunjan Sansanwal , Kiran Khatter , Sukhdev Singh

The metaverse is said to be the future Internet and will consist of several worlds called verses. This concept is being discussed a lot lately, however, the security issues of these virtual worlds are not discussed enough. This study first…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-15 Pınar Kürtünlüoğlu , Beste Akdik , Enis Karaarslan

The workshop will focus on the application of AI to problems in cyber security. Cyber systems generate large volumes of data, utilizing this effectively is beyond human capabilities. Additionally, adversaries continue to develop new…

Illicit crypto-mining leverages resources stolen from victims to mine cryptocurrencies on behalf of criminals. While recent works have analyzed one side of this threat, i.e.: web-browser cryptojacking, only commercial reports have partially…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-09-26 Sergio Pastrana , Guillermo Suarez-Tangil

Society is inextricably dependent on the Internet and other globally interconnected infrastructures used in the provisioning of information services. The growth of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) over the past…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Tyson Brooks

Cybercrime is a growing threat to organizations and individuals worldwide, with criminals using sophisticated techniques to breach security systems and steal sensitive data. This paper aims to comprehensively survey the latest advancements…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-12 Lavanya Elluri , Varun Mandalapu , Piyush Vyas , Nirmalya Roy

The "Darkverse" could be the negative harmful area of the Metaverse; a new virtual immersive environment for the facilitation of illicit activity such as misinformation, fraud, harassment, and illegal marketplaces. This paper explores the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Raymond Chan , Benjamin W. J. Kwok , Adriel Yeo , Kan Chen , Jeannie S. Lee

Online video piracy (OVP) is a contentious topic, with strong proponents on both sides of the argument. Recently, a number of illegal websites, called streaming cyberlockers, have begun to dominate OVP. These websites specialise in…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Damilola Ibosiola , Benjamin Steer , Alvaro Garcia-Recuero , Gianluca Stringhini , Steve Uhlig , Gareth Tyson

Technology has advanced dramatically in the previous several years. There are also cyber assaults. Cyberattacks pose a possible danger to information security and the general public. Since data practice and internet consumption rates…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Naresh Kshetri , Vasudha , Denisa Hoxha

In this paper, we present an operational system for cyber threat intelligence gathering from various social platforms on the Internet particularly sites on the darknet and deepnet. We focus our attention to collecting information from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-08-02 Eric Nunes , Ahmad Diab , Andrew Gunn , Ericsson Marin , Vineet Mishra , Vivin Paliath , John Robertson , Jana Shakarian , Amanda Thart , Paulo Shakarian

The availability of sophisticated technologies and methods of perpetrating criminogenic activities in the cyberspace is a pertinent societal problem. Darknet is an encrypted network technology that uses the internet infrastructure and can…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-03-18 Victor Adewopo , Bilal Gonen , Said Varlioglu , Murat Ozer

Cryptocurrencies have emerged as a new form of digital money that has not escaped the eyes of cyber-attackers. Traditionally, they have been maliciously used as a medium of exchange for proceeds of crime in the cyber dark-market by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Aaron Zimba , Mumbi Chishimba , Christabel Ngongola-Reinke , Tozgani Fainess Mbale