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EVIL GENIUSESHow organized cybercriminals could take over the world
Hillary Lipko, 1st-year MSPPCS 6725 – Information Security Policies and Practices
22 October 2009
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Questions to answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Now!
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What’s going on? Who are these guys?
The profile of the “typical” cybercriminal has changed.
The motivation behind criminal activity on the internet has changed.
Malicious hackers are getting organized and “The Mob” wants in.
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Who are the stakeholders?
Everyone.
The “bad guys”Malicious programmers/hackersOrganized crimeRogue governments
The “good guys”Typical usersSecurity professionals/law enforcement“Us”
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Who are the “organized criminals?”
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Who are the responders?
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Who are the responders?
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Who are the responders?
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A side note about hackers…
Hackers Criminals
Entrepreneurs Scam artistsSoftware developers
Computer criminals
Organized cybercrime
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Questions to answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Now!Everyo
ne
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What are the threats?
Identity theft Fraud Trafficking Extortion Cyberterrorism
Compromised infrastructuresWarfare
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So about those bots…
Software applications that run automated tasks over the internet
Not all bots are badSpidersIRC botsChatterbotsGame bots
(a.k.a “internet bots” or “web robots”)
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What are the means?
BotnetsDDoS, access number replacementSpywareSpam, adwareClick fraud, fast flux
Discussion communitiesCommunicationMarketplace
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Questions to answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Now!
Everyo
neRobot
takeover
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Why computer crime?
It’s quick; it’s easy. Low risk Better ROI Not location-reliant
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Why is this a problem?
It’s quick; it’s easy. Can be hard to trace Expensive to prevent inexpensive attacks Borderless by nature
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Questions to answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Now!
Everyo
neRobot
takeover
Cheap
+effective
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So where are the bad guys hiding?
Everywhere.
Depressed economies and transitional governments
Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, etc. Dark corners of the internet
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Where do they come from?
Traditional organized crime is a business. Political unrest Poor legitimate economic opportunity Greed
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Questions to answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Now!
Everyo
neRobot
takeover
Cheap
+effective
Everywhe
re
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How does organized cybercrime work?
Malware and botnet marketplace Financing Complacency
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How do we protect against these threats?
User vigilance Honeypots Proactive threat response
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How can we respond to incidents?
Black holes Tracing Blocking Clean & patch Escalation?
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Questions to answer
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Now!
Everyo
neRobot
takeover
Cheap
+effective
Everywhe
reLOLcats
Listen to the
bunnyIf we knew, we wouldn’t
be here
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Questions?