Sure, there are still
defacements, DoS for political-activism reasons, and script kiddies
showing off as a rite of passage, but the fastest growing
class of attacks aim at getting your money, as much and as
quickly as possible. Nonetheless, the experience and the technology
matured in the worm and script kiddies phases is far
from being out of the scene. Re?¬?ned and optimized for its new
purpose, it is now in the hands of ruthless individuals and organizations
driven by a clear aim: becoming you and harvesting
all your resources before you know what happened. Yes, this is
another difference with respect to the former era. Whereas in
Recognizing users
on the Internet is
problematic
Thanks to all the
value accessible on
the Internet, stealing
identities makes
more business
sense than ever
before
16 The Problem
the past criminals had to steal resources one by one, today stealing
an identity means gaining, in a single move, all the privileges
granted to that identity.
Malware and Identity Theft
The term identity theftis unfortunately very popular at the time
of this writing. The term refers to a crime in which the perpetrator
acquires con?¬?dential information about somebody.
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