The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion

The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion

Prior studies have evidenced the effectiveness of more severe and broader enforcement in deterringcybercrimes. This study addresses the other side of the story. Our data analysis shows that theenforcement against the production / distribution / possession of computer misuse tools tends toincrease th...

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Main Authors: WANG, Qiu-Hong, LE, Ting Zhang
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2017
Subjects:
Information Security
Hacker Forum
Criminalization
Protection
Content Contribution
Databases and Information Systems
Management Information Systems
Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3767
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4769/viewcontent/CSWIM_2017_proceedings_Final_.pdf
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spelling sg-smu-ink.sis_research-47692017-09-21T09:19:07Z The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion WANG, Qiu-Hong LE, Ting Zhang Prior studies have evidenced the effectiveness of more severe and broader enforcement in deterringcybercrimes. This study addresses the other side of the story. Our data analysis shows that theenforcement against the production / distribution / possession of computer misuse tools tends toincrease the contribution on detection and protection related posts in online hacker forums. Butthis enforcement may discourage those contributors who had originally actively contributed to theprotection discussions. Thus government regulations have to be cautiously justify the incentives ofmultiple parties in the cybersecurity context. 2017-06-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3767 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4769/viewcontent/CSWIM_2017_proceedings_Final_.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Information Security Hacker Forum Criminalization Protection Content Contribution Databases and Information Systems Management Information Systems
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topic Information Security
Hacker Forum
Criminalization
Protection
Content Contribution
Databases and Information Systems
Management Information Systems
spellingShingle Information Security
Hacker Forum
Criminalization
Protection
Content Contribution
Databases and Information Systems
Management Information Systems
WANG, Qiu-Hong
LE, Ting Zhang
The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
description Prior studies have evidenced the effectiveness of more severe and broader enforcement in deterringcybercrimes. This study addresses the other side of the story. Our data analysis shows that theenforcement against the production / distribution / possession of computer misuse tools tends toincrease the contribution on detection and protection related posts in online hacker forums. Butthis enforcement may discourage those contributors who had originally actively contributed to theprotection discussions. Thus government regulations have to be cautiously justify the incentives ofmultiple parties in the cybersecurity context.
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author WANG, Qiu-Hong
LE, Ting Zhang
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LE, Ting Zhang
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title The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
title_short The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
title_full The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
title_fullStr The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
title_full_unstemmed The dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
title_sort dark side of banning hacking technique discussion
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2017
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/3767
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/4769/viewcontent/CSWIM_2017_proceedings_Final_.pdf
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