Blackhatonomics

Front Cover......Page 0
Half Title......Page 2
Blackhatonomics......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 6
Dedication......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
About the Authors......Page 16
About the Technical Editor......Page 20
Foreword......Page 22
Preface......Page 24
Introduction......Page 28
Expertise Level......Page 29
Attack Sophistication Model......Page 30
Modus Operandi......Page 32
The Importance of Attribution......Page 33
Criminal and Organized Syndicates......Page 35
Subnational Entities......Page 39
Summary......Page 43
References......Page 44
Introduction......Page 46
Some Background on Cybercrime Legislation......Page 47
Enter the Hackers......Page 48
Psychology of Victims......Page 50
It’s Not the Crimes That Are New, It’s Their Execution......Page 51
The Recruitment Spreadsheet Gambit: RSA Security......Page 52
Motivations and Event-Driven Trends......Page 53
References......Page 54
Introduction......Page 56
From Experiment to Exposé to Exploit......Page 57
The First among Equals......Page 58
The Birth of the Hack......Page 59
Hacking and Eavesdropping in Times of War......Page 62
Hacking for the Greater Good......Page 63
Exploration of Systems: Phreaks, Geeks, and Cereal......Page 64
LOD and MOD......Page 66
h@X0r b0v1n3......Page 67
4chan and Anonymous......Page 68
Propaganda and Lulz......Page 74
References......Page 76
Introduction......Page 80
Social Media and Location-Based Services......Page 81
Datacenter to Desktop to Mobile Computing......Page 82
Organized Cybercrime......Page 83
Drug Trafficking and Organized Cybercrime Statistics......Page 84
Opportunistic Cybercrime Cost Model......Page 85
Summary......Page 87
References......Page 88
Introduction......Page 90
Cyber Attacks: The Early Years......Page 91
The Need for Hierarchical Frameworks in Malware......Page 97
The Impact of Broadband......Page 98
The Pendulum Swings Back: Hacktivism and DDoS......Page 99
References......Page 100
Introduction......Page 102
How Cybercriminals Execute Their Schemes Using Malicious Code and Content for Profit......Page 103
Identifying the Target Audience......Page 106
References......Page 113
Introduction......Page 114
A Bit of History......Page 115
Organized Crime in Russia......Page 117
The Cold War and Its Significance to Cybercrime......Page 118
A Look Back at the Birth of Economic Prosperity and Chaos......Page 119
The Russian Carder Scene......Page 121
So, What’s for Sale?......Page 122
Cyber Thieves......Page 123
Cyber Rackets: Botnets, Malware, Phishing, and the Rise of the Russian Cybercriminal Underground......Page 124
The Rise of Hacking......Page 125
Enter the Bots......Page 126
References......Page 128
Economic Growth......Page 130
Industrial Espionage......Page 132
Cases of Industrial Espionage......Page 133
Tier 1 and Tier 2 Security......Page 134
Tier 2 Security Technologies......Page 135
Security Spend Model......Page 136
References......Page 137
Pawns in the Game......Page 138
The Heartland Breach......Page 139
Pawns in the Heartland Case......Page 140
Acquiring Assets......Page 141
Transporting Assets......Page 142
Avoiding Detection......Page 143
The Placement Technique......Page 144
The Layering Technique......Page 145
The Integration Technique......Page 146
The ZeuS Botnet and Money Laundering......Page 147
References......Page 148
Uncertainty, Instability, and the Potential for Illicit Gain......Page 150
The Jasmine Revolution......Page 152
Latin America: The Cybercriminal’s Paradise......Page 154
Malware Presence in Emerging Markets......Page 155
The Evolution of Law and Policy in Fighting Cybercrime in Emerging Markets......Page 156
The Changing Nature of Cybercrime......Page 157
References......Page 160
Introduction......Page 162
When Purpose Is Corrupted by Conflicting Intent......Page 163
Defining the Norm: The Era of the Cybercriminal on America’s Internet......Page 165
Locking the Doors while Opening the Windows: Inviting the Cybercriminal into Our World and Our Lives......Page 166
Cybercrime Goes Mainstream......Page 167
Spamming and Phishing......Page 169
Does Education Decrease Cybercrime in the United States?......Page 171
Industrial Espionage and the American Experience......Page 172
When the Crime Is Not Motivated by Economics......Page 175
References......Page 176
Introduction......Page 178
Cybercrime Today......Page 179
Jurisdictional Issues......Page 180
Successful Cooperation......Page 182
U.S. Federal Law Enforcement......Page 185
The Connection between a Lack of Metrics and Failure......Page 186
Statistics: Law Enforcement in the United States......Page 187
Training Issues......Page 188
Technology Gap......Page 190
References......Page 191
Introduction......Page 194
Tier 2 Security Technologies......Page 195
The Rise of Mobility with Wi-Fi/3G/4G......Page 196
Will Gragido......Page 197
Nick Selby......Page 199
Intel Driven Attacks......Page 200
Intelligence Driven Defense......Page 201
Daniel Molina......Page 202
Summary......Page 204
References......Page 206
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E......Page 209
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P......Page 211
T......Page 212
Z......Page 213