2 papers
cs.CR2025
Assessing the Aftermath: the Effects of a Global Takedown against DDoS-for-hire Services
Anh V. Vu, Ben Collier, Daniel R. Thomas +3
Law enforcement and private-sector partners have in recent years conducted various interventions to disrupt the DDoS-for-hire market. Drawing on multiple quantitative datasets, inc…
cs.CR2024
Getting Bored of Cyberwar: Exploring the Role of Low-level Cybercrime Actors in the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Anh V. Vu, Daniel R. Thomas, Ben Collier +3
There has been substantial commentary on the role of cyberattacks carried out by low-level cybercrime actors in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. We analyse 358k website defacement atta…