Revealing the security habits of cyber criminals

Cyber crime is big business and that means the people behind it face many of the same challenges as legitimate organizations. This includes operational security (OPSEC), a key tactic used by commercial and military organizations to protect privacy and anonymity. Research from cyber situational awareness specialist Digital Shadows reveals that criminals are using OPSEC as a means to an end -- avoiding detection, maintaining availability of their attack infrastructure, and retaining access to environments they have compromised. Just as with other enterprises, criminals stand to lose from poor OPSEC. For example, Dridex botnet operator Andrey Ghinkul associated his nickname --… [Continue Reading]