Targeted Attacks: Redefining Spear Phishing and Business Email Compromise

The article discusses the rising concerns of cybercrime, focusing on targeted attacks such as spear phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC). It points out the ambiguity in the existing definitions of these threats and introduces a new term – ‘targeted attacks.’ The article also explores the techniques for detecting these attacks and the social engineering methods employed by fraudsters.

Publication date: 25 Sep 2023
Project Page: https://doi.org/XXXXXXX.XXXXXXX
Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2309.14166