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Return of the Web Mob

April 10, 2006 by patrick.ogenstad Leave a Comment

eWeek has published an interesting article about cyber crime.

“Based on all the evidence gathered over the last two years, Dunham is convinced that groups of well-organized mobsters have taken control of a global billion-dollar crime network powered by skillful hackers and money mules targeting known software security weaknesses.”
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“If you become a known hacker and you start to cut into their profits, they’ll come to your house, take you away and beat you to a pulp until you back off or join them. There have been documented cases of this,” Dunham said.

Apparently there’s no honor among thieves on the Internet.

[tags]cyber crime[/tags]

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Movie-Plot Threat Contest

April 2, 2006 by patrick.ogenstad Leave a Comment

Bruce Schneier is announcing a “Movie-Plot” Threat Contest

From his blog:
Judging will be by me, swayed by popular acclaim in the blog comments section. The prize will be an autographed copy of Beyond Fear. And if I can swing it, a phone call with a real live movie producer.

I already have the book but it might be fun to come up with something to post.

[tags]security,movie plot[/tags]

Filed Under: Security

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