Wednesday, February 07, 2007

APWG eCrime Researchers Summit

Call for Papers


The second APWG eCrime Researchers Summit will be hosted by Carnegie Mellon CyLab, October 4-5, 2007, in Pittsburgh, PA.

Original papers on all aspects of electronic crime are solicited for submission to eCrime '07. Topics of relevance include but are not limited to:

  • Phishing, pharming, click-fraud, crimeware, extortion and emerging attacks.
  • Technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of fraud and fraud prevention.
  • Techniques to assess the risks and yields of attacks and the success rates of countermeasures.
  • Delivery techniques, including spam, voice mail and rank manipulation; and countermeasures.
  • Spoofing of different types, and applications to fraud.
  • Techniques to avoid detection, tracking and takedown; and ways to block such techniques.
  • Honeypot design, datamining, and forensic aspects of fraud prevention.
  • Design and evaluation of user interfaces in the context of fraud and network security.
  • Best practices related to digital forensics tools and techniques, investigative procedures, and evidence acquisition, handling and preservation.

Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library as part of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series.


Paper submissions due: May 15, 2007 (midnight, US East Coast time)
Paper notification: July 15, 2007
Poster submissions due: August 3, 2007
Poster notifications: August 15, 2007
Camera ready due: August 15, 2007
Conference: October 4-5, 2007

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