Title
Exploring hacker assets in underground forums
Abstract
Many large companies today face the risk of data breaches via malicious software, compromising their business. These types of attacks are usually executed using hacker assets. Researching hacker assets within underground communities can help identify the tools which may be used in a cyberattack, provide knowledge on how to implement and use such assets and assist in organizing tools in a manner conducive to ethical reuse and education. This study aims to understand the functions and characteristics of assets in hacker forums by applying classification and topic modeling techniques. This research contributes to hacker literature by gaining a deeper understanding of hacker assets in well-known forums and organizing them in a fashion conducive to educational reuse. Additionally, companies can apply our framework to forums of their choosing to extract their assets and appropriate functions.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/ISI.2015.7165935
Ingénierie Des Systèmes D'information
Keywords
Field
DocType
cvbersecurity, hacker assets, topic modeling
Resource management,Data mining,Reuse,Computer security,Computer science,Decision support system,Hacker,Topic model,Data breach,Malware
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4799-9888-3
13
0.97
References 
Authors
12
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sagar Samtani1319.09
Ryan Chinn2201.57
Hsinchun Chen39569813.33