Simple & Crafty greetings my Spicy amigos...
Our ace researchers on the Symantec Threat Team have put together a very interesting blog series. I thought you guys would dig it. So...dig it:
The Underground Economy, Pt. 1: Criminal Motives Are Simple but Tactics are Crafty
With the recent spate of high-profile data breaches, it’s become clear to the public that cybercrime has become big business for those behind it. Indeed, the number of data breaches rose 62 percent in 2013 according to the SymantecInternet Security Threat Report, and the techniques and toolsbehind them are numerous.
Whether the ambition of the intruder is financial gain, network infiltration, “hacktivism”, cyber espionage/sabotage, or just simple harassment, the effects on businesses can no longer be ignored. We can also no longer dismiss hacker culture as the outlier of...