Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
3-2012
Abstract
Cyberattacks are computer-to-computer attacks undermining the confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability of computers and/or the information they hold. The importance of securing cyberspace is increasing, along with the sophistication and potential significance of the results of the attacks. Moreover, attacksb involve increasingly sophisticated coordination among multiple hackers across international boundaries, where the aim has shifted from fun and self-satisfaction to financial or military gain, with clear and self-reinforcing motivation; for example, the number of new malicious code threats worldwide increased more than 71% from 2008 to 2009.
Discipline
Computer Sciences | Information Security
Research Areas
Information Systems and Management
Publication
Communications- ACM
Volume
55
Issue
3
First Page
66
Last Page
73
ISSN
0001-0782
Identifier
10.1145/2093548.2093568
Publisher
ACM Association for Computing Machinery
Citation
KIM, Seung Hyun; QIU-HONG WANG; and ULLRICH, Johannes B..
A Comparative Study of Cyberattacks. (2012). Communications- ACM. 55, (3), 66-73.
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Additional URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2093548.2093568