Cyberbad Where Spam is leading to Phillip Hallam-Baker

Spam is Criminal Infrastructure SpamBotnets

Botnets beget Spam – Adverts for criminal / defective products – Phishing – Advance Fee Frauds Denial of Service Extortion All Things ‘Cyber-bad’

What is Cyber-Terror? Cyber-Bad

Lowering the barriers

Cyber-Bad for Hire Hacking tools (commodity  ø day exploits) Stolen credentials Crime as Service – Spam – Botnets Unwitting Accomplices (mules) – Receiving stolen goods – Money laundering

Cyber-bad Purposes Vandalism Vigilantism Fraud Terrorism Warfare

Criminals extend reach Compromise systems during manufacture – Pin Entry Devices compromised during manufacture Phone home with PIN data to Pakistan Criminal insiders – Blackmailed or bought prior to hire – US Cert: 41% incidents involve insiders Soc Generalé demonstrates €bn potential

Internet Crime Isn’t The banks are still where the money is

Russian Business Network

Cyber Crime to Cyber Terror? RBN ‘customer’ 1488.ru

It’s not a new game…

Internet Terrorism Today

Internet = Outreach

Internet = Praxis

Realistic Future Scenarios

Internet = Research Open Sources – AQ manual claims 80% of information is available Criminal Expert Sources – Who can tell me X for $100? Espionage – Find an honest expert, penetrate their machine

Internet Crime = Funding

Internet Crime = Money Laundry

Internet Sabotage = Force Multiplier

Is a Hollywood Scenario likely?

Past Performance is no guarantee…

Security through obscurity works… … until it fails

Fixing the Problem

What is the problem? Banks – Cost of Internet crime Direct Losses Customer Service Opportunity Losses National Security – Potential criminal profits – Potential sabotage damage

Are there solutions? Chip and PIN – Eliminated Card Present Fraud in Europe Remaining attacks exploit legacy channels Why not in the US? – Different market structure – Anti-trust used to block changes

Anti-Crime Solutions Authentication – SPF, DKIM, Secure Internet Letterhead Web Authentication – Extended Validation, Secure Internet Letterhead Secure Identity – SAML, WS-*, OpenID, OATH, Identity 3.0 Data Level Security – CRM Infrastructure, Open CRM Network Security – Reverse Firewalls, DNSSEC, BGP Security – Domain Centric Administration, Default Deny Infrastructure

Conclusions The threats are real – They are not necessarily Internet threats – But the Internet changes the game The threats are serious – They may not be “terrorism” as we know it – But they are worth caring about Criminal infrastructure is an ongoing threat – Some states are playing the privateer game – We cannot rely on international cooperation