Open AccessEvolution of Phishing and Business Email Compromise Campaigns in the Czech Republic
Author(s) -
Jan Kolouch
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
academic and applied research in military and public management science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2786-0744
pISSN - 2498-5392
DOI - 10.32565/aarms.2018.3.6
Subject(s) - phishing , cyberspace , czech , compromise , cybercrime , computer security , legislation , liability , internet privacy , business , the internet , political science , computer science , law , world wide web , philosophy , linguistics
Cyberspace is an environment in which cyber-attacks can be committed. Fraudulent attacks are one of the oldest cyber-attacks of all. The aim of this article is to familiarize the reader with the evolution of phishing and Business Email Compromise (BEC) attacks that occurred to a large extent in the cyberspace of the Czech Republic from 2014 to 2018. The article describes scam, phishing and BEC definitions, as well as individual ways of implementing specific attacks. Special attention is also paid to the possible criminal liability of the attacker for the described cyber-attacks, both according to the international legal regulations (enshrined in the Convention on Cybercrime) and according to the legislation of the Czech Republic.