@article{herley2013when, author = {Herley, Cormac}, title = {When does Targeting make sense for an attacker?}, year = {2013}, month = {January}, abstract = {How do so many Internet users escape harm? The range of attacks is enormous and growing; we know that most users neglect even very basic defense measures. Yet things somehow muddle along: two billion people use the Internet and seem to derive more good from it than harm. If security is only as good as the weakest link why don’t worst-case outcomes happen regularly? Why isn’t everyone hacked every day? The answer may lie in economics rather than technology.}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/when-does-targeting-make-sense-for-an-attacker/}, journal = {IEEE Security and Privacy magazine}, edition = {IEEE Security and Privacy magazine}, }