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Hacking, More Than TechnologyThe Reading Room, 14th December 2013
Drew Graham, [email protected]
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Overview
1. Evolution of Cybercrime2. Future of Cybercrime3. Mass “Consumer”
Attacks4. Targeted Attacks
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Evolution of Cybercrime
1980s
Bedroom hackers
Annoying viruses
1990s
Commercial hackers
Viruses winning
2000s
Hugely profitable
Botnets
2010s
State hacking
Information stealing
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Future of Cybercrime
State Cyber
”crime”
Lower Threshold For
Targeted Attacks
Mass Social Engineering
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Mass Attacks
Why do Nigerian “419” scammers say that they’re from Nigeria?Cormac Herley, Microsoft Research
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Mass Attacks
“You don’t have to run faster than the bear to get away. You just have to run faster than the guy next to you.”Jim Butcher, Author
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Targeted Attacks
“If you protect your paper clips and diamonds with equal vigour, you’ll soon have more paper clips and fewer diamonds.”Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State, 1961-1969
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Targeted Attacks
“Why do I rob banks? Because that’s where the money is.”Willie Sutton, Bank Robber
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Review
Paper Clips•User education•Centralised anti-virus software•Keep software patched•Firewalls
Diamonds•Isolate your networks•Secondary access requirements•Two factor authentication•Encrypt your diamonds
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