Characterizing malware writers and computer attackers in their own words

3rd International Conference on Information Warfare and Security

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 189-194

  Holt, Thomas ^a   Soles, Joshua ^a   Leslie, Lyudmila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cybercrime; Hackers; Malware; Profiling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORMS; PERSONAL COMPUTING; TOOLS;

CYBERCRIME; FINANCIAL INFORMATION; HACKERS; MALWARES; PROFILING; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; SECURITY PROFESSIONALS; SHARING INFORMATION;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 77958467314     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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