Detecting targeted malicious email

IEEE Security and Privacy

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 64-71

  Amin, Rohan M ^a   Ryan, Julie J C H ^a   Van Dorp, Johan Rene ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

email; recipient; spam; targeted attacks; threat; TME spear phishing

Indexed keywords

PHISHING; RECIPIENT; SPAM; TARGETED ATTACKS; THREAT;

COMPUTER CRIME; DECISION TREES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 84863446969     PISSN: 15407993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MSP.2011.154     Document Type: Article

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