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While modern society benefits from a range of technological advancements, it also is exposed to an ever-increasing set of cybersecurity threats. These affect all areas of life including business, government, and individuals. To complement…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-31 Maria Bada , Jason R. C. Nurse

Cybersecurity is increasingly a concern for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and there exist many awareness training programs and tools for them. The literature mainly studies SMEs as a unitary type of company and provides…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Alireza Shojaifar , Heini Jarvinen

Cyber threat attribution is the process of identifying the actor of an attack incident in cyberspace. An accurate and timely threat attribution plays an important role in deterring future attacks by applying appropriate and timely defense…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-21 Umara Noor , Sawera Shahid , Rimsha Kanwal , Zahid Rashid

While cybercrime can often be an individual activity pursued by lone hackers, it has increasingly grown into a group activity, with networks across the world. This chapter critically examines the group element of cybercrime from several…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-09 Jason R. C. Nurse , Maria Bada

Recent high-profile cyber attacks exemplify why organizations need better cyber defenses. Cyber threats are hard to accurately predict because attackers usually try to mask their traces. However, they often discuss exploits and techniques…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2019-02-05 Ashok Deb , Kristina Lerman , Emilio Ferrara

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape and advanced software development, the rise in cyber security attacks has become a pressing concern. The integration of robust cyber security defenses has become essential across all…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-11-02 Mounika Vanamala , Keith Bryant , Alex Caravella

Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents can now orchestrate cyberattacks. This development is already increasing the speed and scale of cyber attacks, decreasing attack costs, and improving the operational autonomy of cyber capabilities. To…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Matt Mittelsteadt , Jam Kraprayoon , Robin Staes-Polet , Oskar Galeev , Jan Wehner , Christopher Covino , Shaun Ee

Underground forums serve as hubs for cybercriminal activities, offering a space for anonymity and evasion of conventional online oversight. In these hidden communities, malicious actors collaborate to exchange illicit knowledge, tools, and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Abdoul Nasser Hassane Amadou , Anas Motii , Saida Elouardi , EL Houcine Bergou

The identification of influential nodes in complex network can be very challenging. If the network has a community structure, centrality measures may fail to identify the complete set of influential nodes, as the hubs and other central…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-03-23 J. Liebig , A. Rao

The increasing sophistication of cyber threats necessitates innovative approaches to cybersecurity. In this paper, we explore the potential of psychological profiling techniques, particularly focusing on the utilization of Large Language…

The lack of high-quality public cyber incident data limits empirical research and predictive modeling for cyber risk assessment. This challenge persists due to the reluctance of companies to disclose incidents that could damage their…

Risk Management · Quantitative Finance 2026-03-20 Jiayi Guo , Zhiyu Quan , Linfeng Zhang

Cybercriminals increasingly target the human factor rather than continuously advancing technological defense mechanisms. Consequently, institutions that allocate substantial resources to strengthening their cybersecurity infrastructure may…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Gergely Benkő , Katalin Parti , Gergely Biczók

With rise in security breaches over the past few years, there has been an increasing need to mine insights from social media platforms to raise alerts of possible attacks in an attempt to defend conflict during competition. In this study,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Soumajyoti Sarkar , Mohammad Almukaynizi , Jana Shakarian , Paulo Shakarian

Complex networks are nowadays employed in several applications. Modeling urban street networks is one of them, and in particular to analyze criminal aspects of a city. Several research groups have focused on such application, but until now,…

The criminal underground is populated with forum marketplaces where, allegedly, cybercriminals share and trade knowledge, skills, and cybercrime products. However, it is still unclear whether all marketplaces matter the same in the overall…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-14 Michele Campobasso , Radu Rădulescu , Sylvan Brons , Luca Allodi

The study of criminal networks using traces from heterogeneous communication media is acquiring increasing importance in nowadays society. The usage of communication media such as phone calls and online social networks leaves digital traces…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-03-07 Emilio Ferrara , Pasquale De Meo , Salvatore Catanese , Giacomo Fiumara

Information on cyber-related crimes, incidents, and conflicts is abundantly available in numerous open online sources. However, processing the large volumes and streams of data is a challenging task for the analysts and experts, and entails…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-03 Tuomas Takko , Kunal Bhattacharya , Martti Lehto , Pertti Jalasvirta , Aapo Cederberg , Kimmo Kaski

Automated cyber threat detection in computer networks is a major challenge in cybersecurity. The cyber domain has inherent challenges that make traditional machine learning techniques problematic, specifically the need to learn continually…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Frank W. Bentrem , Michael A. Corsello , Joshua J. Palm

Contemporary cybersecurity governance assumes that professionals apply risk reasoning. Yet major organisational failures persist despite investment in tools, staffing, and credentials. This study investigates the structural source of that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Jeffrey T. Gardiner

Identification of cyber threats is one of the essential tasks for security teams. Currently, cyber threats can be identified using knowledge organized into various formats, enumerations, and knowledge bases. This paper studies the current…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-30 Lukáš Sadlek , Pavel Čeleda , Daniel Tovarňák