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Characterizing eve: analysing cybercrime actors in a large underground forum

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Informáticaes
dc.affiliation.grupoinvUC3M. Grupo de Investigación: COSEC (Computer SECurity Lab)es
dc.contributor.authorPastrana Portillo, Sergio
dc.contributor.authorHutchings, Alice
dc.contributor.authorCaines, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorButtery, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-15T08:54:12Z
dc.date.available2022-03-15T08:54:12Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-10
dc.description.abstractUnderground forums contain many thousands of active users, but the vast majority will be involved, at most, in minor levels of deviance. The number who engage in serious criminal activity is small. That being said, underground forums have played a significant role in several recent high-profile cybercrime activities. In this work we apply data science approaches to understand criminal pathways and characterize key actors related to illegal activity in one of the largest and longest-running underground forums. We combine the results of a logistic regression model with k-means clustering and social network analysis, verifying the findings using topic analysis. We identify variables relating to forum activity that predict the likelihood a user will become an actor of interest to law enforcement, and would therefore benefit the most from intervention. This work provides the first step towards identifying ways to deter the involvement of young people away from a career in cybercrime.en
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by The Alan Turing Institute’s Defence and Security Programme [grant DS/SDS/1718/4]; and the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [grant EP/M020320/1].en
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationPastrana S., Hutchings A., Caines A., Buttery P. (2018) Characterizing Eve: Analysing Cybercrime Actors in a Large Underground Forum. In: Bailey M., Holz T., Stamatogiannakis M., Ioannidis S. (eds) Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses. RAID 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11050. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00470-5_10en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00470-5_10
dc.identifier.isbn978-3-030-00469-9
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage207
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage227
dc.identifier.publicationtitleResearch in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses 21st International Symposium, RAID 2018, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, September 10-12, 2018, Proceedingsen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume11050
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/34373
dc.identifier.uxxiCC/0000029631
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.relation.eventdate2018-09-10
dc.relation.eventplaceGRECIAen
dc.relation.eventtitle21st International Symposium, RAID 2018en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesLecture Notes in Computer Scienceen
dc.rights© 2018, Springer Nature Switzerland AGen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accessen
dc.subject.ecienciaInformáticaes
dc.subject.othercybercrimeen
dc.subject.otherunderground forumsen
dc.subject.othersocial behavioren
dc.subject.othercriminal pathwaysen
dc.titleCharacterizing eve: analysing cybercrime actors in a large underground forumen
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