Crimeware [electronic resource] : understanding new attacks and defenses / Markus Jakobsson, Zulfikar Ramzan.
Series: Safari Books Onlinec2008Description: xxi, 582 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780321553744
- 0321553748

Includes bibliographical references (p. 525-556) and index.
Overview of crimeware -- A taxonomy of coding errors -- Crimeware and peer-to-peer networks -- Crimeware in small devices -- Crimeware in firmware -- Crimeware in the browser -- Bot networks -- Rootkits -- Virtual worlds and fraud -- Cybercrime and politics -- Online advertising fraud -- Crimeware business models -- The educational aspect of security -- Surreptitious code and the law -- Crimeware and trusted computing -- Technical defense techniques -- The future of crimeware.
Electronic reproduction. Boston, Mass. : Safari Books Online, 2008 Mode of access: World Wide Web. Available to subscribing institutions. s2008 maun s