Taking the battle to the e-criminals

Publication Date	December 2008
Publisher	Ovum
Product Type	Report
Pages	9
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	OVM00662

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Summary

E-crime is a plague on modern life that inflicts pain, cost and distress on people and organisations alike. While it is unrealistic to expect e-crime to be eliminated, there is a need to better coordinate efforts against it and to seek new strategies.

Content

Executive summary
- In a nutshell
- Key messages
Searching out hacking activity
- The industry's help to law enforcement
- Getting ahead of the villains
- Complex business structure
The organisational structure of e-crime has been exposed
- Overview
- Actions against individual groups have a visible impact
- The e-crime marketplace
  - The financial value of the fraud
  - Hacking tools
  - Site and application vulnerabilities
  - Scam hosting services
Combating e-crime
- Criminal activity's Achilles heel
- Much can be done without involving law enforcement
- Much criminal activity takes place within accessible jurisdictions
- Hacking groups rely on Internet Relay Chat
Case study: Aladdin's investigation of an e-crime server
- Motivation for the investigation
- The e-crime server under investigation
- Neosploit
- Technical knowledge gained
The future
- Continuing the battle with e-crime