APWG.org eCrimes Research collection

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The APWG eCrime archive brings together research on electronic crime and its investigation. This ALEX collection provides a publication-year bibliography of the papers carrying that archive’s collection attribution in the accepted library.

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Beaver: Estimating Future Risks at Scale in Real-World Deployments
Marco Balduzzi; Roel Reyes; Jessica Balaquit; Ryan Flores (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Malware & Exploits · Investigation type: Threat Hunting
Collection: APWG.org eCrimes Research · Original collection
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Catch Me If You Scan: A Longitudinal Analysis of Stalkerware Evasion Tactics
Anahitha Vijay; Luis A. Saavedra; Alice Hutchings (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Malware & Exploits · Investigation type: Malware Analysis
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Contextual Classification of Cybercriminal Posts Using Large Language Models: A Comprehensive Study on Tech Support Scam Marketplaces
Raghavendra Cherupalli; Hawken Grubbs; Yi Ting Chua; Weiping Pei; Tyler Moore; Gary Warner (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Social Media & SOCMINT · Investigation type: Social Media Analysis
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Defense of the Clones: Securing Web Applications with Automatic Honeypot Generation and Deployment
Billy Tsouvalas; Nick Nikiforakis (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Network & Infrastructure Security · Investigation type: Threat Hunting
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Department-Specific Security Awareness Campaigns: A Cross-Organizational Study of HR and Accounting
Matthias Pfister; Giovanni Apruzzese; Irdin Pekaric (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Detecting Malicious Domain Registration Batches: Patterns, Prevalence, and Security Implications
Samuel Cheadle; Carlos H. Gañán; Siôn Lloyd; Samaneh Tajalizadehkhoob (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cyber Threat Intelligence · Investigation type: Threat Hunting
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Family Ties: A Close Look at the Influence of Static Features on the Precision of Malware Family Clustering
Antonino Vitale; Kevin van Liebergen; Juan Caballero; Savino Dambra; Platon Kotzias; Simone Aonzo; Davide Balzarotti (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Malware & Exploits · Investigation type: Malware Analysis
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From Lamborghinis to Ladas: Empirical Analysis of LockBit’s Business Operations
Ian Gray; Dalyapraz Manatova; Kris Oosthoek; Damon McCoy (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Infrastructure Patterns in Toll Scam Domains: A Comprehensive Analysis of Cybercriminal Registration and Hosting Strategies
Morium Akter Munny; Mahbub Alam; Sonjoy Kumar Paul; Daniel Timko; Muhammad Lutfor Rahman; Nitesh Saxena (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cyber Threat Intelligence · Investigation type: Threat Hunting
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Inside LockBit: Technical, Behavioral, and Financial Anatomy of a Ransomware Empire
Felipe Castaño; Constantinos Patsakis; Francesco Zola; Fran Casino (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Digital Forensics & Evidence · Investigation type: Forensic Investigation
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Is Ransomware an Economically Distinct Attack Type? An Event Study of Market Reactions
Ambarish Gurjar; Dalyapraz Manatova; Benjamin Staples; Spencer Chambers; L. Jean Camp (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Just in Plain Sight: Unveiling CSAM Distribution Campaigns on the Clear Web
Nikolaos Lykousas; Constantinos Patsakis (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Network Investigation
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Lost in Translation: Analyzing Non-English Cybercrime Forums
Mariella Mischinger; Jack Hughes; Fedor Vitiugin; Sergio Pastrana; Alice Hutchings; Guillermo Suarez-Tangil (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cyber Threat Intelligence · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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Quantum-Enabled Cybercrime: A Portfolio Analysis of Cryptocurrency Theft and Double-Spending
Zhen Li; Qi Liao (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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ScanWars: (A Multi-network Approach to Detecting and Analyzing) The Rise of Scanning Activity
Beliz Kaleli; Tony Li; Fang Liu; Oleksii Starov; Manuel Egele; Gianluca Stringhini (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cyber Threat Intelligence · Investigation type: Threat Hunting
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SHADOWBOX: A Low-Artifact Framework for Analyzing Evasive Malicious Code
Javad Zandi; Lalchandra Rampersaud; Amin Kharraz (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Malware & Exploits · Investigation type: Malware Analysis
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Short Path to Phishing: Identifying Misused URL Shortening Services in the Wild
Zul Odgerel; Yevheniya Nosyk; Jan Bayer; Sourena Maroofi; Louis Bedeschi; Andrzej Duda; Maciej Korczyński (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: AI/ML for Security · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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The Dark Art of Financial Disguise in Web3: Money Laundering Schemes and Countermeasures
Hesam Sarkhosh; Uzma Maroof; Diogo Barradas (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Uncovering the Trust Signals Supporting Telegram’s Cybercrime Economy
Roy Ricaldi; Tina Marjanov; Luca Allodi; Alice Hutchings (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Social Media & SOCMINT · Investigation type: Social Media Analysis
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Unicorns in the Wild West: Empirical Analysis of Cybercrime Facilitated by Cryptocurrencies
Arghya Mukherjee; Tyler Moore (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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“Send to which account?” Evaluation of an LLM-based Scambaiting System
Hossein Siadati; Haadi Jafarian; Sima Jafarikhah (2025) · 2025 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: AI/ML for Security · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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A Sinister Fattening Dissecting the Tales of Pig Butchering and other Cryptocurrency Scams
Marilyne Ordekian; Antonis Papasavva; Enrico Mariconti; Marie Vasek (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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EAGLEEYE Attention to Unveil Malicious Event Sequences from Provenance Graphs
Philipp Gysel; Candid Wüest; Kenneth Nwafor; Otakar Jašek; Andrey Ustyuzhanin; Dinil Mon Divakaran (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: AI/ML for Security · Investigation type: Malware Analysis
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Hey Google Remind me to be Phished Exploiting the Notifications of the Google AI Assistant on Android for Social Engineering Attacks
Marie Weinz; Saskia Laura Schröer; Giovanni Apruzzese (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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Love Bytes Back Cybercrime Following Relationship Breakdown
Quincy Taylor; Anna Talas; Alice Hutchings (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Privacy & Surveillance · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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ModZoo: A Large-Scale Study of Modded Android Apps and Their Markets
Luis Adan Saavedra; Hridoy Sankar Dutta; Alastair R. Beresford; Alice Hutchings (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Malware & Exploits · Investigation type: Malware Analysis
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Multimodal Large Language Models for Phishing Webpage Detection and Identification
Jehyun Lee; Peiyuan Lim; Bryan Hooi; Dinil Mon Divakaran (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: AI/ML for Security · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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What To Do Against Ransomware Evaluating Law Enforcement Interventions
Tom Meurs; Raphael Hoheisel; Marianne Junger; Abhishta Abhishta; Damon McCoy (2024) · 2024 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Achieving High-fidelity Explanations for Risk Exposition Assessment in the Cybersecurity Domain
Albert Calvo; Santiago Escuder; Josep Escrig; Xavier Marrugat; Nil Ortiz; Jordi Guijarro (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: AI/ML for Security · Investigation type: Vulnerability Assessment
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Autism Disclosures and Cybercrime Discourse on a Large Underground Forum
Jessica Man; Gilberto Atondo Siu; Alice Hutchings (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Dark Web & Underground · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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Building a Resilient Domain Whitelist to Enhance Phishing Blocklist Accuracy
Jan Bayer; Sourena Maroofi; Olivier Hureau; Andrzej Duda; Maciej Korczynski (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cyber Threat Intelligence · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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Hacker’s Paradise: Analysing music in a cybercrime forum
Anna Talas; Alice Hutchings (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Dark Web & Underground · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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In the market for a Botnet? An in-depth analysis of botnet-related listings on Darkweb marketplaces
Dimitrios Georgoulias; Jens Myrup Pedersen; Alice Hutchings; Morten Falch; Emmanouil Vasilomanolakis (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Dark Web & Underground · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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Increasing the Efficiency of Cryptoasset Investigations by Connecting the Cases
Bernhard Haslhofer; Christiane Hanslbauer; Michael Fröwis; Thomas Goger (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Digital Forensics & Evidence · Investigation type: Forensic Investigation
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Pump, Dump, and then What? The Long-Term Impact of Cryptocurrency Pump-and-Dump Schemes
Josh Clough; Matthew Edwards (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Ransomware Economics: A Two-Step Approach To Model Ransom Paid
Tom Meurs; Edward Cartwright; Anna Cartwright; Marianne Junger; Raphael Hoheisel; Erik Tews; Abhishta Abhishta (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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The Slippery Slope: Exploring the Parallels Between Game Cheating and Cybercrime Through Routine Activity Theory
Selina Cho; Jonathan Lusthaus; Ivan Flechais (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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“Do Users Fall for Real Adversarial Phishing?” Investigating the Human Response to Evasive Webpages
Ajka Draganovic; Savino Dambra; Javier Aldana Iuit; Kevin Roundy; Giovanni Apruzzese (2023) · 2023 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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Building and Testing a Network of Social Trust in an Underground Forum: Robust Connections and Overlapping Criminal Domains
Dalyapraz Manatova; Dewesha Sharma; Sagar Samtani; L. Jean Camp (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Dark Web & Underground · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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Cryptocurrency Exchange Closure Revisited (Again)
Arghya Mukherjee; Tyler Moore (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Leaky Kits: The Increased Risk of Data Exposure from Phishing Kits
Bhaskar Tejaswi; Nayanamana Samarasinghe; Sajjad Pourali; Mohammad Mannan; Amr Youssef (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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Money Over Morals: A Business Analysis of Conti Ransomware
Ian W. Gray; Jack Cable; Benjamin Brown; Vlad Cuiujuclu; Damon McCoy (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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Ransomware: How attacker’s effort, victim characteristics and context influence ransom requested, payment and financial loss
Tom Meurs; Marianne Junger; Erik Tews; Abhishta Abhishta (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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The Challenges of Blockchain-Based Naming Systems for Malware Defenders
Audrey Randall; Wes Hardaker; Geoffrey M. Voelker; Stefan Savage; Aaron Schulman (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Malware & Exploits · Investigation type: Threat Hunting
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The Role of Extraversion in Phishing Victimisation: A Systematic Literature Review
Pablo López-Aguilar; Constantinos Patsakis; Agusti Solanas (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Phishing Analysis
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THREAT/crawl: a Trainable, Highly-Reusable, and Extensible Automated Method and Tool to Crawl Criminal Underground Forums
Michele Campobasso; Luca Allodi (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Dark Web & Underground · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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“I don’t really give them piece of mind”: User Perceptions of Social Engineering Attacks
Lin Kyi; Elizabeth Stobert (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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“Invest in crypto!”: An analysis of investment scam advertisements found in Bitcointalk
Gilberto Atondo Siu; Alice Hutchings; Marie Vasek; Tyler Moore (2022) · 2022 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Cybercrime & Fraud · Investigation type: Other
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A qualitative mapping of Darkweb marketplaces
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Dimitrios Georgoulias; Jens Myrup Pedersen; Morten Falch; Emmanouil Vasilomanolakis (2021) · 2021 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: Dark Web & Underground · Investigation type: Dark Web Analysis
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Collegiate Social Engineering Capture the Flag Competition
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Aunshul Rege; Rachel Bleiman (2021) · 2021 APWG Symposium on Electronic Crime Research (eCrime)
Research category: OSINT Methodology · Investigation type: Other
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