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What is Malvertisement

Chapter 20
Handbook of Research on Digital Crime, Cyberspace Security, and Information Assurance
A malicious advertisement, placed by cyber criminals, which redirects visitors to malware. These advertisements are often placed into legitimate online advertising networks and may be displayed on unwitting third-party websites. (MALicious adVERTISING) Placing malicious ads on Web sites that lead users to harmful sites. Malvertisements are not only found on suspicious Web sites, but wind up on reputable, highly trafficked sites.
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Defending Information Networks in Cyberspace: Some Notes on Security Needs
Alberto Carneiro (Universidade Europeia, Portugal & Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6324-4.ch020
Abstract
This chapter addresses some concerns and highlights some of the major problems affecting cyberspace. This chapter focuses on defensive attitudes and concerns pertaining to the cybersecurity issues. Section 1, “Facing Cyberspace Security,” opens the area of threats and the need of defensive attitudes. Section 2, “Remembering Internet Issues,” deals with known Internet problems in what concerns cybersecurity as a generic term. In –Section 3, “Defensive Cybersecurity,” the focus is on the need to add more defensive features to security policies. Section 4, “In Search of Better Solutions,” emphasizes the need to invest continuously in scientific research and the creation of more sophisticated processes in order to prevent new forms of attack and mitigate negative results.
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