Cyber Criminals Step up their Games to Harvest PII: Ramped-up Spear-phishing, Beta Bot Malware, Pirated Software and Spam Schemes

Authors

Robert E. Holtfreter, Central Washington UniversityFollow

Department or Administrative Unit

Accounting

Document Type

Article

Author Copyright

Copyright © 2014 Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Publication Date

4-2014

Journal

Fraud Magazine

Abstract

This article discusses cyber fraud including spear-phishing, beta bot malware, pirated software and spam schemes.

Comments

This article was originally published in Fraud Magazine.

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Recommended Citation

Holtfreter, R.E. (2014). Cyber criminals step up their games to harvest PII: Ramped-up spear-phishing, beta bot malware, pirated software and spam schemes. Fraud, 29(2), 60-62.