Do hacker forums contribute to security attacks?
Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works (RGC: 12, 32, 41, 45) › 32_Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
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| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | E-Life |
| Subtitle of host publication | Web-Enabled Convergence of Commerce, Work, and Social Life |
| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Pages | 143-152 |
| Volume | 108 LNBIP |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783642298721 |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing |
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| Volume | 108 LNBIP |
| ISSN (Print) | 1865-1348 |
Conference
| Title | 10th Workshop on E-Business on E-Life: Web-Enabled Convergence of Commerce, Work, and Social Life, WEB 2011 |
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| Place | China |
| City | Shanghai |
| Period | 4 December 2011 |
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Abstract
There has been an increased amount of discussion about firms needing to account for the hacker's perspective in protecting their information assets. However, we still have very little idea about how attack information is disseminated within the hacker community. In this paper, we study the role of hacker forums in disseminating vulnerability information that leads to attacks. We found that the discussions in online hacker forums correlate significantly with the number of cyber-attacks observed in the real world. Furthermore, hacker forums also play a moderating role in disseminating vulnerability and threat information. As cyber security becomes an increasingly prominent issue for firms, our study indicates that there is a need to study the behaviors of the participants in the hacker forum further in order to better understand the risks that they pose. © 2012 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Citation Format(s)
Do hacker forums contribute to security attacks? / Wang, Qiu-Hong; Yue, Wei T.; Hui, Kai-Lung.
E-Life: Web-Enabled Convergence of Commerce, Work, and Social Life. Vol. 108 LNBIP Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 143-152 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 108 LNBIP).
E-Life: Web-Enabled Convergence of Commerce, Work, and Social Life. Vol. 108 LNBIP Springer Verlag, 2012. p. 143-152 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 108 LNBIP).
Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works (RGC: 12, 32, 41, 45) › 32_Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review
