eCrime 2018 - 13th Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime) May 14th

#1195168: eCrime 2018 - 13th Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime) May 14th - 16th 2018, San Diego, CA.

Description:	The thirteenth Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime) 2018 will be held between May 14th - 16th 2018 in San Diego, CA. https://apwg.org//apwg-events/ecrime2018/cfp eCrime 2018 consists of 3 days of keynote presentations, technical and practical sessions, and interactive panels. This will allow for the academic researchers, security practitioners, and law enforcement to discuss and exchange ideas, experiences and lessons learnt in all aspects of electronic crime and ways to combat it. This conference has two publication tracks to help attract research covering applied, industrial cybercrime research as well as applied and/or theoretical cybercrime academic research. To further strengthen the confidence in each track, there have been two managing chairs and committees appointed for reviewing and selecting papers for each track of the cybercrime conference. The conference offers travel grants to students who are having issues finding the funding to attend the conference. Note that there is a set final date for requesting the stipend so please get your requests in as soon as possible after hearing back about your paper’s acceptance. eCrime 2018 also has a best paper and runner-up award that is accompanied by a cash reward for the top papers submitted to the academic track only. Important Dates: (11:59pm US EDT) Full Papers registration and submission due: March 2nd, 2018 Paper Notifications due: March 19th, 2018 Request for a stipend: April 6th, 2018 Camera ready due: May 1st, 2018 Conference: May 14th-16th, 2018 Academic Track Topics of interests include (but are not limited to): Economics of online crime - Measurement studies of underground economies - Models of e-crime - Understanding business structure and return on investment of various types of crime such as phishing, advanced fee fraud, and operating a botnet. - Uncovering and disrupting online criminal collaboration and gangs Security-related risk assessments - The risks and yields of attacks - Effectiveness of countermeasures - Metrics standards - Conventions in the establishment of tests of efficacy Attack delivery strategies and countermeasures - Spam - DNS - Mobile Apps - Social engineering - Instant messaging - Web browser search manipulation Crypto Currency Cybercrime Tools and Responses - Hardware devices to protect encryption keys - Protections for multisig wallets, failures, new ideas - Management and protection of cold storage wallets - Anti-Phishing protections for crypto currencies - Out of band authentication for transactions - Multi-party authentication concepts Malware - Detection - Identification of malware families - Polymorphic malware detection - Mobile malware - Ransomware - Techniques to circumvent detection and sandboxes Security assessments of the mobile devices - Mobile App stores and ecosystems - Mobile App privacy - Risk prevention issues Financial infrastructure of e-crime - Criminal payment processing options - Money laundering strategies - Use of crypto-currencies - Underground marketplaces Technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of fraud and fraud prevention Industrial Track Topics of interests include (but are not limited to): Case studies of current attack methods - System and network intrusions - Phishing - Malware (rogue antivirus, botnets, ransomware, etc…) - Spam - Pharming - Crimeware toolkits - Emerging threats to mobile devices Open source intelligence - Data collection and correlation - Strategies and tools Case studies of online advertising fraud - Click fraud - Malvertising - Cookie stuffing - Affiliate fraud Case studies of large-scale take-downs - Coordinated botnet disruption - Phishing takedown - Bullet proof hosting services Economics of online crime - Measurement studies of underground economies - Models of e-crime - Understanding business structure and return on investment of various types of crime such as phishing, advanced fee fraud, and operating a botnet. Crypto Currency Cybercrime Tools and Responses - Hardware devices to protect encryption keys - Protections for multisig wallets, failures, new ideas - Management and protection of cold storage wallets - Anti-Phishing protections for crypto currencies - Out of band authentication for transactions - Multi-party authentication concepts Uncovering and disrupting online criminal collaboration and gangs Longitudinal study of eCrime related activities and their evolutions Security assessments of the mobile devices - Mobile App stores and ecosystems - Mobile malware - Mobile App privacy Risk prevention issues - Security-related risk assessments - The risks and yields of attacks - Effectiveness of countermeasures - Metrics standards - Conventions in the establishment of tests of efficacy
More info:	https://apwg.org//apwg-events/ecrime2018/cfp

Description:

The thirteenth Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime) 2018 will be held
between May 14th - 16th 2018 in San Diego, CA.
https://apwg.org//apwg-events/ecrime2018/cfp

eCrime 2018 consists of 3 days of keynote presentations, technical and practical
sessions, and interactive panels. This will allow for the academic researchers,
security practitioners, and law enforcement to discuss and exchange ideas,
experiences and lessons learnt in all aspects of electronic crime and ways to combat
it.

This conference has two publication tracks to help attract research covering
applied, industrial cybercrime research as well as applied and/or theoretical
cybercrime academic research. To further strengthen the confidence in each track,
there have been two managing chairs and committees appointed for reviewing and
selecting papers for each track of the cybercrime conference.

The conference offers travel grants to students who are having issues finding the
funding to attend the conference. Note that there is a set final date for requesting
the stipend so please get your requests in as soon as possible after hearing back
about your paper’s acceptance. eCrime 2018 also has a best paper and runner-up award
that is accompanied by a cash reward for the top papers submitted to the academic
track only.

Important Dates: (11:59pm US EDT)
Full Papers registration and submission due: March 2nd, 2018
Paper Notifications due: March 19th, 2018
Request for a stipend: April 6th, 2018
Camera ready due: May 1st, 2018
Conference: May 14th-16th, 2018

Academic Track
Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):

Economics of online crime
- Measurement studies of underground economies
- Models of e-crime
- Understanding business structure and return on investment of various types of
crime such as phishing, advanced fee fraud, and operating a botnet.
- Uncovering and disrupting online criminal collaboration and gangs
Security-related risk assessments
- The risks and yields of attacks
- Effectiveness of countermeasures
- Metrics standards
- Conventions in the establishment of tests of efficacy
Attack delivery strategies and countermeasures
- Spam
- DNS
- Mobile Apps
- Social engineering
- Instant messaging
- Web browser search manipulation
Crypto Currency Cybercrime Tools and Responses
- Hardware devices to protect encryption keys
- Protections for multisig wallets, failures, new ideas
- Management and protection of cold storage wallets
- Anti-Phishing protections for crypto currencies
- Out of band authentication for transactions
- Multi-party authentication concepts
Malware
- Detection
- Identification of malware families
- Polymorphic malware detection
- Mobile malware
- Ransomware
- Techniques to circumvent detection and sandboxes
Security assessments of the mobile devices
- Mobile App stores and ecosystems
- Mobile App privacy
- Risk prevention issues
Financial infrastructure of e-crime
- Criminal payment processing options
- Money laundering strategies
- Use of crypto-currencies
- Underground marketplaces
Technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of fraud and fraud
prevention

Industrial Track
Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):

Case studies of current attack methods
- System and network intrusions
- Phishing
- Malware (rogue antivirus, botnets, ransomware, etc…)
- Spam
- Pharming
- Crimeware toolkits
- Emerging threats to mobile devices
Open source intelligence
- Data collection and correlation
- Strategies and tools
Case studies of online advertising fraud
- Click fraud
- Malvertising
- Cookie stuffing
- Affiliate fraud
Case studies of large-scale take-downs
- Coordinated botnet disruption
- Phishing takedown
- Bullet proof hosting services
Economics of online crime
- Measurement studies of underground economies
- Models of e-crime
- Understanding business structure and return on investment of various types of
crime such as phishing, advanced fee fraud, and operating a botnet.
Crypto Currency Cybercrime Tools and Responses
- Hardware devices to protect encryption keys
- Protections for multisig wallets, failures, new ideas
- Management and protection of cold storage wallets
- Anti-Phishing protections for crypto currencies
- Out of band authentication for transactions
- Multi-party authentication concepts
Uncovering and disrupting online criminal collaboration and gangs
Longitudinal study of eCrime related activities and their evolutions
Security assessments of the mobile devices
- Mobile App stores and ecosystems
- Mobile malware
- Mobile App privacy
Risk prevention issues
- Security-related risk assessments
- The risks and yields of attacks
- Effectiveness of countermeasures
- Metrics standards
- Conventions in the establishment of tests of efficacy

More info:

https://apwg.org//apwg-events/ecrime2018/cfp

Date added	Jan. 4, 2018, 9:30 p.m.
Source	APWG
Subjects	Anti Phishing Work Group - APWG Conferences and Seminars North America Conferences IT Security General Polymorph
Venue	San Diego, May 14, 2018, midnight - May 16, 2018, midnight
Country	USA