[pchelpers] Article: The New Face Of Cybercrime

The past few years has seen a major change in the world of cybercrime.
The sheer number of crimes has increased substantially, but that’s not
the whole story.

Merely increasing the amount of money and people that your company
throws at the problem is no longer enough to keep pace with the changes.
Cybercrimes, and the cybercriminals that perpetrate them, have evolved.
To protect your company from the new wave, your methods and attitudes
must evolve too.

Just four or five years ago, cybercriminals were mostly young male nerds
who did it for fun or experimentation. They weren’t out to profit from
their endeavours. They simply wanted to impress their peers (or girls,
in a small number of cases). They didn’t want to steal money or cause
major disruption, but introducing some minor irritations was a
legitimate part of the game. Changing the company logo on a Web site was
acceptable. Crashing the entire system and demanding money to return it
to normal was never an option. Hacking was done to earn bragging rights
and to boost egos. It was a couple of notches up the intellectual ladder
from train spotting. Crack a system, enter the details into your
well-thumbed notebook, then move on.

But the golden age of hackers and cybercriminals has passed. Today,
e-crime is the domain of organised gangs, often from eastern Europe or
China. They have just one motive. Gone is any desire to embarrass Web
site owners or cause mindless e-vandalism. Now it’s all about making
money.

More here:
http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=858
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John Durham
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