{"product_id":"spear-phishing-attack-detection-david-t-merritt-9781288311774","title":"Spear Phishing Attack Detection","description":"\u003cbr\u003e This thesis addresses the problem of identifying email spear phishing attacks, which are indicative of cyber espionage. Spear phishing consists of targeted emails sent to entice a victim to open a malicious file attachment or click on a malicious link that leads to a compromise of their computer. Current detection methods fail to detect emails of this kind consistently. The SPEar phishing Attack Detection system (SPEAD) is developed to analyze all incoming emails on a network for the presence of spear phishing attacks. SPEAD analyzes the following file types: Windows Portable Executable and Common Object File Format (PE\/COFF), Adobe Reader, and Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. SPEAD's malware detection accuracy is compared against five commercially-available email anti-virus solutions. Finally, this research quantifies the time required to perform this detection with email traffic loads emulating an Air Force base network. Results show that SPEAD outperforms the anti-virus products in PE\/COFF malware detection with an overall accuracy of 99.68% and an accuracy of 98.2% where new malware is involved. Additionally, SPEAD is comparable to the anti-virus products when it comes to the detection of new Adobe Reader malware with a rate of 88.79%. Ultimately, SPEAD demonstrates a strong tendency to focus its detection on new malware, which is a rare and desirable trait. Finally, after less than 4 minutes of sustained maximum email throughput, SPEAD's non-optimized configuration exhibits one-hour delays in processing files and links. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David T. Merritt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 128831177X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781288311774\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Biblioscholar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.28d","brand":"David T. Merritt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947958141183,"sku":"9781288311774","price":57.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d9bc9bc9-8ab1-49f8-9a6b-deebc079be76.jpg?v=1681521790","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spear-phishing-attack-detection-david-t-merritt-9781288311774","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}