Examining the impact of website take-down on phishing

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 269, Issue , 2007, Pages 1-13

  Moore, Tyler ^a   Clayton, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

electronic crime; phishing; security economics

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL INNOVATION; AVERAGE LIFETIME; BANKING SECTORS; EMPIRICAL DATA; FRAUDSTERS; GENERAL PATTERNS; LOG-NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER; PHISHING; REMOVAL TIME; SECURITY ECONOMICS; SERVICE PROVIDER; TOTAL LOSS;

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; WORLD WIDE WEB;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77953898602     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1299015.1299016     Document Type: Conference Paper

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