A rapid method for discovering covert communication through spam emails

作者: Jianguo Jiang , Bo Yang , Ning Li , None

DOI: 10.1109/ITNEC.2016.7560385

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摘要: Recently, email spam is noticed as a covert communication platform for criminals. Yet, discovering incriminating information from emails one of the most tedious tasks due to characteristics spam. In this paper, we proposed systematic content-based analysis method discover suspicious messages in folder. It applied initial stage investigation, which investigator often have little on collection emails. Experimental results suggest that able identify potential evidence by analyzing keywords, URL links, named entities etc. Furthermore, modified text visualization technique employed refine and display results.

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