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By Hook or by Crook: Exposing the Diverse Abuse Tactics of Technical Support Scammers
Bharat Srinivasan, Athanasios Kountouras, Najmeh Miramirkhani +4
Technical Support Scams (TSS), which combine online abuse with social engineering over the phone channel, have persisted despite several law enforcement actions. The tactics used b…
Hiding in Plain Sight: A Longitudinal Study of Combosquatting Abuse
Panagiotis Kintis, Najmeh Miramirkhani, Charles Lever +5
Domain squatting is a common adversarial practice where attackers register domain names that are purposefully similar to popular domains. In this work, we study a specific type of…
Dial One for Scam: A Large-Scale Analysis of Technical Support Scams
Najmeh Miramirkhani, Oleksii Starov, Nick Nikiforakis
In technical support scams, cybercriminals attempt to convince users that their machines are infected with malware and are in need of their technical support. In this process, the…
The Politics of Routing: Investigating the Relationship Between AS Connectivity and Internet Freedom
Rachee Singh, Hyungjoon Koo, Najmehalsadat Miramirkhani +3
The Internet's importance for promoting free and open communication has led to widespread crackdowns on its use in countries around the world. In this study, we investigate the rel…