Tag: Fraud
Here’s how much your personal information is worth to cybercriminals –...
Ravi Sen, Texas A&M University
Data breaches have become common, and billions of records are stolen worldwide every year....
Sketchy darknet websites are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic –...
David Maimon, Georgia State University
Underground markets that sell illegal commodities like drugs, counterfeit currency and fake documentation tend to flourish in times of crisis,...
Does ignoring robocalls make them stop? Here’s what we learned from...
Sathvik Prasad, North Carolina State University and Bradley Reaves, North Carolina State University
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
The big...
Why Steve Bannon faces fraud charges: 4 questions answered
Lloyd Hitoshi Mayer, University of Notre Dame
Editor’s note: Federal prosecutors in New York have arrested former senior Trump adviser Steve Bannon and three other...
Why New York is suing the NRA: 4 questions answered
Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
Editor’s note: New York state Attorney General Letitia James is suing the National Rifle Association and four of its...
Machine learning and big data know it wasn’t you who just...
Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University
You’re sitting at home minding your own business when you get a call from your credit card’s fraud detection unit...
When charities let telemarketers gouge donors
Brian Mittendorf, The Ohio State University
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine recently called Ohio Cops for Kids a “purported charity” when he sued the group...
Machine learning and big data know it wasn’t you who just...
Jungwoo Ryoo, Pennsylvania State University
You’re sitting at home minding your own business when you get a call from your credit card’s fraud detection unit...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
