Print Email Facebook Twitter Discerning Novel Value Chains in Financial Malware Title Discerning Novel Value Chains in Financial Malware: On the Economic Incentives and Criminal Business Models in Financial Malware Schemes Author van Wegberg, R.S. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance; TNO) Klievink, A.J. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) van Eeten, M.J.G. (TU Delft Organisation & Governance) Date 2017 Abstract Fraud with online payment services is an ongoing problem, with significant financial-economic and societal impact. One of the main modus operandi is financial malware that compromises consumer and corporate devices, thereby potentially undermining the security of critical financial systems. Recent research into the underground economy has shown that cybercriminals are organised around highly specialised tasks, such as pay-per-install markets for infected machines, malware-as-a-service and money mule recruitment. Setting up a successful financial malware scheme requires the aligning of many moving parts. Analysing how cybercrime groups acquire, combine and align these parts into value chains can greatly benefit from existing insights into the economics of online crime. Using transaction cost economics, this paper illustrates the business model behind financial malware and presents three novel value chains therein. For this purpose, we use a conceptual synthesis of the state-of-the-art of the literature on financial malware, underground markets and (cyber)crime economics, as well as today’s banking practice. Subject CybercrimeFinancial malwareTransaction cost economicsUnderground marketsValue chainVertical integration To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f5d757b9-b2f7-4583-923c-28750f501466 DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-017-9336-3 ISSN 0928-1371 Source European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research, 1-20 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 R.S. van Wegberg, A.J. Klievink, M.J.G. van Eeten Files PDF art_10.1007_s10610_017_9336_3_1.pdf 935.29 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f5d757b9-b2f7-4583-923c-28750f501466/datastream/OBJ/view