Why spoofing is serious internet fraud

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 77-82

  Dinev, Tamara ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MAIL; INFORMATION THEORY; ONLINE SYSTEMS; USER INTERFACES; WEBSITES;

FINANCIAL INFORMATION; ONLINE USER; WEB SPOOFING;

INTERNET;

EID: 33749551929     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 00010782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1164394.1164398     Document Type: Review

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