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Cyber Power
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Cyber Power

by Solange Ghernaouti-Helie
April 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
220 pages
15h 17m
English
EPFL Press
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8.3 Spam and phishing: assets for criminals
Redirected from its original purpose as a tool for marketing, spam has become
a means of distributing malicious software (malware and crimeware) and
a mechanism for carrying out frauds. The sending of massive quantities of
unsolicited electronic messages allows criminals to contact a huge number
of Internet users. Previously, spam was regarded primarily as a nuisance, but
nowadays spam represents a real threat. It decreases user productivity and has
direct and indirect costs on people and organizations affected by it.
At its worst, spam resembles an e-mail bombing attack, with overloaded ...
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ISBN: 9781466573048