Money, power and ego, the factors that drive people to cybercrime

We reported last week on a report highlighting how many security professionals are turning to a life of cybercrime. In a follow up research piece, Wendy Zamora at Malwarebytes, has been looking at the psychology, motivations and other underlying factors that drive people to take part in cybercrime. It reveals that most cybercriminals exhibit some common characteristics. These include some measure of technical knowledge, a disregard for the law or rationalization about why particular laws are invalid or should not apply to them and a high tolerance for risk or the need for a 'thrill factor'. They also exhibit control… [Continue Reading]