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Exploit kits : the production line of the cybercrime
economy?

Hopkins, M; Dehghantanha, A

Authors

M Hopkins

A Dehghantanha



Abstract

The annual cost of Cybercrime to the global economy is estimated to be around $400 billion, in support of which Exploit Kits have been providing enabling technology since 2006. This paper reviews the recent developments in Exploit Kit capability and how these are being applied in practice. In doing so it paves the way for better understanding of the exploit kits economy that may better help in combatting them and considers industry's preparedness to respond.

Citation

economy?. In 2015 Second International Conference on Information Security and Cyber Forensics (InfoSec) 15-17 Nov. 2015 (23-27). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/InfoSec.2015.7435501

Online Publication Date Mar 21, 2016
Publication Date Mar 21, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 28, 2016
Pages 23-27
Book Title 2015 Second International Conference on Information Security and Cyber Forensics (InfoSec) 15-17 Nov. 2015
ISBN 9781467369879
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/InfoSec.2015.7435501
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/InfoSec.2015.7435501



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