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Paper: Trust Us and Our Business Expands! How Net-activists Take Down Fraudulent Business Websites

Posted on: June 15, 2016 /
Categories: Conference, Publications, Research

Title: Trust Us and Our Business Expands! How Net-activists Take Down Fraudulent Business Websites Author(s): Andreas Zingerle Email: andreas.zingerle (at) ufg.ac.at Published at: xCoAx conference 2016, Bergamo, Italy. Abstract: Internet criminals create fake websites that mimic real websites and use them for advance fee fraud or other criminal activities. Over the last ten years members

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Forensic Fantasies trilogy

Posted on: May 13, 2016 /
Categories: Recent works

‘Forensic Fantasies’ is a series of three artworks dealing with data breaches of private information. In the artworks we use data that was recovered from hard-drives that were illegally dumped in West Africa. Despite international regulations recyclers gain higher profits by selling electronic scrap through informal channels, than properly processing it at advanced facilities in

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Forensic Fantasies – #3: Found footage stalkers

Posted on: May 12, 2016 /
Categories: Recent works

#3: Found footage stalkers The third artwork of the series takes a closer look at images found on one of the hard-drives. Scanning through the private photos enables very personal insights into the life and habits of the pre-owners of this hard-drive. Through the years we follow them to parties with friends, trips to amusement

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Forensic Fantasies – #2: Identity theft

Posted on: May 11, 2016 /
Categories: Recent works

#2: Identity theft The second artwork of the series focuses on the phenomena of romance scamming.These scammers conduct identity theft by copying bulks of images of attractive people to create fraudulent profiles on social media platforms or dating channels. The scammers pose to be in love with their victim and after gaining their trust they

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Forensic Fantasies – #1: Not a Blackmail

Posted on: May 11, 2016 /
Categories: Recent works

#1: Not a Blackmail The first artwork of the series examines the possibility to blackmail a prior owner of a hard-drive. Besides finding sensitive data of the owner it is crucial to be able to contact the person to express ones demands. From one hard-drive we could find out who it had belonged to, further

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