1. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Today’s Threats and the Evolution of the Computer Underground Today’s Threats and the Evolution of the Computer Underground Eugene Kaspersky Head of Anti-Virus Research Kaspersky Lab

2. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Grim statistics  Financial losses due to virus attacks:  1995 – US $0.5 bln  1998 – US $6.1 bln  2003 – US $13 bln  2004 – US $17,5 bln (projected figure) * – Computer Economics, 2004

3. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Grim reality  Financial losses due to virus attacks in 2004:  Sasser – US $3.5 bln  NetSky – US $2.75 bln  Bagle – US $1.5 bln  MyDoom – US $4.75 bln * – Computer Economics, 2004

4. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Criminal activity Computer Hooligans Financial FraudUnwanted Advertising Blackmail, espionage

5. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Evolution of cyber-crime  Financial Fraud:  1996 – minor cyber fraud  1998 – remote administration, spyware  2002 – Internet fraud (Internet-money)  2003 – financial fraud (bank transactions)  2004 – large-scale attacks on Internet banks

6. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Evolution of cyber-crime  Unwanted Advertising :  1994 – Appearance of electronic spam  1999 – Intrusive advertising of paid web sites  2001 – Trojan proxy servers (spam)  2002 – Trojan adware

7. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Evolution of cyber-crime  Blackmail and Espionage 2002 – 2004:  Web-site hijacking  Theft of confidential information  DoS-attacks, cyber-blackmail

8. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Internet crime (1980 – 2005) Source: Kaspersky Lab

9. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Internet crime  Profitable  Illegal  Controlled by organised crime

10. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Internet Crime: the new mafia  Control the spam business  Cyber blackmail and racketeering  Access to bank accounts, confidential financial and proprietary information  Cyber-terrorism

11. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Internet Crime Consequences  Viruses, hackers and spammers unite  Becoming more difficult to fight IT threats  Increased traditional crime  Potential threats to national and global security

12. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo What’s the solution? A return to the Stone Age? We’re only treating the symptoms Let’s fight the cause instead!

13. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo IT threat cycle Channels IT infrastructure (networks, hardware and software) Consequences Infected users (individual, corporate) Causes Human factor (users, virus writers, hackers, spammers)

14. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Solutions  Government regulation  Legislation  «Net Police» or e- Interpol  Secure networks and operating systems  User education and certification  ID required

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16. AVAR 2004, Japan, Tokyo Thank you for your attention!