Exploit kits : the production line of the cybercrime
economy?

Hopkins, M; Dehghantanha, A

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