Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams
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 sc
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Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams
Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams
Markus Jakobsson Editor
Understanding Social Engineering Based Scams
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Editor Markus Jakobsson Agari
References to various copyrighted trademarks, servicemarks, marks and registered marks may appear in this book. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, logo, or image, this book uses the names, logos, and images only in an editorial fashion with no intention of infringement of the trademark. ISBN 978-1-4939-6455-0 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6457-4
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Library of Congress Control Number: 2016948570 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Science+Business Media LLC New York
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About the Editor and Contributors
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 peerreviewed publications and numerous books related to Internet security and online fraud, including Phishing and Countermeasures: Understanding the Increasing Problem of Electronic Identity Theft (Wiley, 2006), Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses (Symantec Press, 2008), Towards Trustworthy Elections: New Directions in Electronic Voting (Springer Verlag, 2010), The Death of the Internet (Wiley, 2012), and Mobile Authentication: Problems and Solutions (Springer Verlag, 2013). Dr. Jakobsson is the inventor of more than 100 patents and more than 100 pending patents, and consults as an expert witness in high-profile patent litigat
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