Cybercrime, Cyberwar, and Threat Actors

Catalog description

The course examines the motivations and capabilities of various cybercrime actors ranging from script kiddies to state-sponsored Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). The students will learn about the role that the dark web and cryptocurrencies play in facilitating and financing cybercrime. Using some of the most notorious cases of cybercrime, cyber espionage, and military cyber operations, the students will research investigative, defensive, law enforcement, and regulatory actions and their implications on the present and future of cybersecurity.