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Security, Privacy and User Interaction

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Editors:
  1. Markus Jakobsson

    1. ZapFraud Inc., Portola Valley, USA

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  • Traditional online security considers security problems of a technical nature separately from security problems of a social nature. This book addresses how to bridge this chasm
  • Describes how to address several emerging socio-technical security risks, ranging from SIM-jacking and counterfeiting to political risks of crypto payments and attacks launched from malware-infected computers of trusted colleagues
  • It is not possible to address today’s most pressing problems in security and privacy without recognizing the human aspect of the problem. However, this book makes the case that the best countermeasures are not based on increasing awareness, but rather, on technical countermeasures based on an understanding of the end user

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Considering the Typical User

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-4
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    2. Mind Your SMSes: Mitigating Social Engineering in Second Factor Authentication

      • Hossein Siadati, Toan Nguyen, Payas Gupta, Markus Jakobsson, Nasir Memon
      Pages 5-22

    3. Permissions and Privacy

      • Markus Jakobsson
      Pages 23-40

    4. Privacy and Tracking

      • Markus Jakobsson, Arthur Jakobsson
      Pages 41-59

  3. Considering the Malicious User

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-62
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    2. A Framework for Analysis Attackers’ Accounts

      • Hossein Siadati, Jay Koven, Christian Felix da Silva, Markus Jakobsson, Enrico Bertini, David Maimon et al.
      Pages 63-89

    3. Environmentally and Politically Conscious Crypto

      • Markus Jakobsson
      Pages 91-108

  4. Designing Solutions Based on Typical and Malicious Users

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-111
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    2. Social Engineering Resistant 2FA

      • Markus Jakobsson
      Pages 113-121

    3. The Rising Threat of Launchpad Attacks

      • Markus Jakobsson
      Pages 123-131

    4. Discouraging Counterfeiting

      • Markus Jakobsson
      Pages 133-150

    5. Seeing the Future

      • Markus Jakobsson
      Pages 151-153
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Keywords

About this book

This book makes the case that traditional security design does not take the end-user into consideration, and therefore, fails. This book goes on to explain, using a series of examples,  how to rethink security solutions to take users into consideration. By understanding the limitations and habits of users – including malicious users, aiming to corrupt the system – this book Illustrates how better security technologies are made possible. 


Traditional security books focus on one of the following areas: cryptography, security protocols, or existing standards. They rarely consider the end user as part of the security equation, and when they do, it is in passing. This book considers the end user as the most important design consideration, and then shows how to build security and privacy technologies that are both secure and which offer privacy. This reduces the risk for social engineering and, in general, abuse.


Advanced-levelstudents interested in software engineering, security and HCI (Human Computer Interaction) will find this book useful as a study guide. Engineers and security practitioners concerned with abuse and fraud will also benefit from the methodologies and techniques in this book.

Reviews

“This book provides fruitful content for engineers and researchers to consider when designing (or adopting) a security protocol. The editor uses many paradigms and charts to lively depict what he wants readers to comprehend. I recommend this book to readers who have a background in information security, especially cryptographic engineers and researchers.” (Zheng Gong, Computing Reviews, August 11, 2021)

Editors and Affiliations

  • ZapFraud Inc., Portola Valley, USA

    Markus Jakobsson

About the editor

Dr. Markus Jakobsson has spent more than 20 years as a security researcher, scientist and entrepreneur, studying phishing, crimeware, mobile security, privacy and user interaction. He spearheaded research in malware and mobile security technologies at Qualcomm, after his startup, FatSkunk, was acquired by Qualcomm. He performed email security research and helped track Nigerian scammers as the Chief Scientist at Agari. In addition, Dr. Jakobsson has held key roles as Principal Scientist at PayPal, Xerox PARC, and RSA Security, and as Chief of Security and Data Analytics at Amber Solutions. He has also worked as a testifying expert witness in a range of high-profile patent litigation cases, covering digital rights management, Internet and mobile security, authentication, and spam detection. He has a PhD in Computer Science from University of California at San Diego.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Security, Privacy and User Interaction

  • Editors: Markus Jakobsson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43754-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-43753-4Published: 28 October 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-43754-1Published: 27 October 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 153

  • Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Privacy, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, Computer Crime

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