Hi All, At the GovSec/FOSE Conference in Washington, D.C. last March, Chabinsky outlined 10 specializations the FBI typically sees within the world of cyber crime.
They are: 1. *Coders or programmers:* “who write the malware, exploits, and other tools necessary to commit the crime;” 2. *Distributors or vendors:* “who trade and sell stolen data, and act as vouchers of the goods provided by the other specialties;” 3. *Techies:* “who maintain the criminal infrastructure, including servers, bulletproof ISPs, and encryption; and who often have knowledge of common database languages and SQL servers of course;” 4. *Hackers:* “who search for and exploit application, system, and network vulnerabilities to gain administrator or payroll access;” 5. *Fraudsters:* “who create and deploy social engineering schemes, including phishing, spamming, and domain squatting;” 6. *Hosters*: “who provide “safe” hosting of illicit content servers and sites, often through elaborate botnet and proxy networks;” 7. *Cashers:* “who control drop accounts and provide those names and accounts to other criminals for a fee, and who also typically control full rings of our eighth category, money mules;” 8. *Money mules:* who complete “money transfers or wire transfers between bank accounts;” 9. *Tellers:* “who help with transferring and laundering illicit proceeds through digital currency services and between different world currencies;” 10. *Leaders:* “They’re the “people-people.” They choose the targets; choose the people they want to work each role; decide who does what, when, and where; and take care of personnel and payment issues.” Many according to Chabinsky don’t have any technical skills.For a more in-depth explanation of each specialization, you can read the complete text of Chabinsky’s keynote on the FBI Web site. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nforceit" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB.
