1. Cybercrime

2. Professional Hackers Paid per the job, usually flat rates State-side hackers can earn up to $200K a year The work is usually writing tools for others to use, developing/finding new exploits, and coding up malware Occasionally they will do a black bag job, but these are rare, unless they are simply looking for “loot” on easy targets

3. Spammers They earn millions per year selling their direct mail services They are not picky and do not consider the person doing the selling is committing fraud, including the Russia Mafia After years of jumping from ISP to ISP, it is much easier to lease “capacity” from hacker botnets or develop their own They are the main employer of professional hackers

4. The Weapons Botnets –Average size is 5000 computers, some have been as large as 500,000 computers –New command and control software allows botnet capacity leasing of subsections of the botnet Phishing – is the act of attempting to acquire information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details (and sometimes, indirectly, money) by masquerading as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. Targeted Viruses –Used to create quick one-time-use botnets –Also used when specifically targeting a single site or organization The usual Internet attack tools –Metasploit, etc

5. Precision Tactics

6. Precision Tactics - Hotel Hacking the PC in the hotel room –Can do remote –Will check into the same hotel as target if need be –Will resort to wiretaps, closed circuit video cameras, and other physical penetration attempts Known times when the target is out of the room are especially dangerous –Speakers and trainers are especially vulnerable, since they have to be in their talks, other do not Law enforcement regularly bugs hotel rooms at security conferences –Hotels (especially Vegas, Atlantic City) will comply to avoid LE looking at their computers Organized crime outfits *do* attend conferences

7. Precision Tactics – Office Posing as regular office personnel Planting network-based or hardware-based sniffing devices Conventional listening devices (bugs) are not uncommon

8. Precision Tactics – Infiltration Will pose as script kiddies, and “gain skills” fairly quickly, rising in status in various IRC channels Will join and form hacking groups Will direct attacks for the group to perform, usually directing blame toward the kiddies rather than themselves This is not a new technique – it is in use today by some governments, most notably French Intelligence

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