Paper: Evolution of the hacker threat posted
During recent months I created a presentation which described the recent evolution of hackers, primarily covering their motivations. This we presented in the UK, France and Germany. There were follow up presentations in Poland and the Czech Republic. However, rather than create a world tour, I changed the presentation into the format of an article an published it here:
http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20060911EvolutionoftheHackerThreat.html
Although long (>2000 words) the article covers both opportunistic and targeted hacking and describes ’spring boarding’ which is used more and more in identity theft. The ability to ‘fence’ stolen identities online has lead to large profits being generated within hours. It also covers the step by step hacker methodology and the best practices for system security.
Happy reading 
Posted: September 12th, 2006 under Host Security, Management, Network Security, Security.
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Comment from Roger
Time: September 12, 2006, 11:06 am
Excellent article: came across this review here
A good security primer
So what? - While we are on the topic of history, let me point to a good backgrounder on the SecurityProNews site. It’s put together by Ken Baylor of McAfee and he did a good job of presenting the case of why we are seeing more spyware and corporate data theft. He goes into a lot of detail on the still present 419/Nigerian attacks and breaks up attack vectors into “opportunistic” and “targeted” types. It’s an interesting way to break things down. He goes a bit into the hacker methodology and then discusses some best practices to protect yourself. This is a long piece and will take some time to get through, but if you are somewhat new to the business - this is a decent place to start. You’ll get a feel for where we’ve been, how the bad guys are coming after us, and what you can do about it.
http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securitynews/spn-45-20060911EvolutionoftheHackerThreat.html
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