cybercrime

Studying Cybercrime is Fun! An Overview of Five Years of Research Surrounding the Geost Botnet

Studying Cybercrime is Fun! An Overview of Five Years of Research Surrounding the Geost Botnet

This blog shows how a curious research experiment can lead a student into an interesting cybercrime investigation that contains weird -yet interesting- topics, such as understanding underground attackers, botnets, informal Internet forums, and the economy of encrypting malware-as-a-service.