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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants. Outline. Introduction Market Overview Market Analysis Goods, Services, and Prices Discussion. Introduction. 7 months 13 Million Messages, 2.4GBs of Information IRC Network Hacking for fun -> Hacking for Profit

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants

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  1. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Internet Miscreants

  2. Outline • Introduction • Market Overview • Market Analysis • Goods, Services, and Prices • Discussion

  3. Introduction • 7 months • 13 Million Messages, 2.4GBs of Information • IRC Network • Hacking for fun -> Hacking for Profit • Reputation economy • Defacing web sites • Authoring viruses • Cash economy • SPAM • Phishing • DDoS Extortion

  4. Market Overview • Dishonesty and Distrust in the Market • Buyers, Sellers • Participant Verification • Market Activity • Advertisements • Goods • Compromised Machines, Mass Email Lists • Services • EFT, Spamming and Phishing for Hire • Sensitive Data

  5. Market Analysis • Credit Card Data • Valid Cards: 402 Unique/day • *Based on Luhn Check • Financial Data • Difficult to validate, trivial to fake • Identity Data • SS#: 18.6 Unique/day • SS# is sufficient to steal an identity • On average, credit/debit fraud 427.50/card

  6. Market Analysis • 19,000 Unique Messages / Day • IRC Nick • 553 new/day • Most last less than 40 minutes • IRC Bots • !chk <cc#> • !cclimit <cc#>

  7. Goods, Services, and Prices • Hacking Related • Most common: Compromised Hosts account for 68.4% of sales ad’s • Hacked hosts and root accounts only account for 5.39% of sales ad’s • Spam and Phishing Tools • Bulk Email Lists and Vulnerable Web Email Forms (for email injection attacks)‏ • Online Credentials and Sensitive Data • Fresh Credit Card Data, Account Information

  8. Goods, Services, and Prices • Services • Cashier • Confirmers • DoS • Cost of Compromised Host 2$-25$

  9. Quick Facts from 2006 Internet Crime Report • In 2006, IC3 processed more than 200,481 complaints • IC3 referred 86,279 complaints of crime to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies around the country for further consideration • Internet auction fraud was by far the most reported offense, comprising 44.9% • Among perpetrators, 75.2% were male • Among complainants, 61.2% were male • Electronic mail (e-mail) (73.9%) and webpages (36.0%) were the two primary mechanisms

  10. http://www.ic3.gov/media/annualreport/2006_IC3Report.pdf

  11. Discussion • How do you counter this market?

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