Communications surveillance
Cyber security, civil society and vulnerability in an age of communications surveillance
Organization
Justus-Liebig University Giessen and Geist Consulting
Cyber security is increasingly important to internet users, including stakeholders in governments, the private sector and civil society. As internet users increase, so does the amount of malware, 2 fuelled by ubiquitous smartphones and social networking applications offering new vectors for infection. Botnets – networks of infected devices controlled by malicious operators – are used as proxies to commit criminal acts including fraud and identity or data theft.