Difference between revisions of "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants"
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==Categorization== | ==Categorization== | ||
| − | * Threats and Actors: [[ | + | * Threats and Actors: [[Criminals and Criminal Organizations]] |
| − | * Issues: [[ | + | * Issues: [[Cybercrime]]; [[Economics of Cybersecurity]]; [[Risk Management and Investment]] |
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| − | [ | + | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Botnet | Botnet]], |
| − | [ | + | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Credit_Card_Fraud | Credit Card Fraud]], |
| − | [ | + | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Crimeware | Crimeware]], |
| − | [ | + | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#DDoS_Attack | DDoS Attack]], |
| − | [ | + | [[Keyword_Index_and_Glossary_of_Core_Ideas#Organized_Crime | Organized Crime]] |
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==Additional Notes and Highlights== | ==Additional Notes and Highlights== | ||
| + | Expertise Required: Statistics - Low; Economics - Low | ||
Latest revision as of 15:59, 28 July 2010
Full Title of Reference
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants
Full Citation
Jason Franklin, Vern Paxson, Stefan Savage, Adrian Perrig, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants, ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS), ACM, November, 2007. Web AltWeb
Categorization
- Threats and Actors: Criminals and Criminal Organizations
Key Words
Botnet, Credit Card Fraud, Crimeware, DDoS Attack, Organized Crime
Synopsis
This paper studies an active underground economy which specializes in the commoditization of activities such as credit card fraud, identity theft, spamming, phishing, online credential theft, and the sale of compromised hosts. Using a seven month trace of logs collected from an active underground market operating on public Internet chat networks, we measure how the shift from “hacking for fun” to “hacking for profit” has given birth to a societal substrate mature enough to steal wealth into the millions of dollars in less than one year.
This paper is a first exploration into measuring and analyzing this market economy. Using a dataset collected over 7 months and com- prising over 13 million messages, we document a large illicit mar- ket, categorize the participants and explore the goods and services offered. It is our belief that better understanding the underground market will offer insight into measuring threats, how to prioritize defenses and, ultimately, may identify vulnerabilities in the under- ground economy itself.
The paper is organized as follows. Section 2 provides an overview of the market being studied. Section 3 is an analysis of relevant issues including market significance, participation, and services. Section 4 measures the advertisements seen in the market and pro- vides price data. Section 5 discusses applications of our measure- ments and countermeasures to disrupt the market. Sections 6 and 7 present related work and our conclusions.
Additional Notes and Highlights
Expertise Required: Statistics - Low; Economics - Low