Targeting the University of Oxford by E-mail

Autor(en): Florian Egloff
Journaltitel: CDT Technical Paper
Verlag(e): University of Oxford
Publikationsjahr: 2015

This paper presents an empirical analysis of e-mail based attacks against the University of Oxford. In particular, it analyses the malicious e-mails received over the period of four months for observable targeting behaviour. It is found that most malicious e-mails are not tailored to their victims. Timing analysis showed that most malicious e-mails are received within the European workday. The paper then introduces a novel way of analysing the distribution of malicious e-mails within an organisation and identifies organisational units that are particularly exposed. Finally, the paper discusses the absence of targeted attacks and suggests an improved way of studying them.

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