Hackers Phishers and Carders, Oh My!

[Recorded April 21, 2010]
Stalking, scams, theft, underhanded business tactics, vandalism and the like have existed for millennia, and have found ways to exploit emerging technologies from check writing to the telegraph. The Internet age is no exception.

A fair amount of early cyber crime fit the popular image of the pimply-faced teenager in his bedroom, breaking into government networks for the thrill of it. But today, a growing class of professional criminals is targeting ordinary users and their private information. Some work alone, while others are part of organized crime groups. Their profits may rival those of illegal drug trafficking. This underground economy has matured into a self-sustaining and geographically diverse global network. These criminals use a variety of techniques including phony e-mails (phishing), fake web sites, online ads and mal-ware snuck onto legitimate websites. While we're uploading, downloading, transferring and sharing our most personal information, sophisticated criminals may be lurking on the other side of the screen.

The panel examines the kinds of threats out there, how they've evolved, and what the future may hold. It also tackles some of the key questions around cybercrime today: Are there steps individuals should take to protect themselves? How important a threat is cyber-terrorism? Can society combat cybercrime in ways that don't restrict the net's openness or personal civil liberties?

Panelists are: Dave Cole, Sr. Director, Symantec Consumer Products; Matthew Parrella, Assistant United States Attorney: Computer Hacking/Intellectual Property (CHIP) Unit; Audrey Plonk, Global Security and Internet Policy Specialist, Intel Corporation. Kevin Poulsen, Senior Editor, WIRED Magazine, moderates the discussion.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Computer
• History
• Museum
• hacking
• security
• cybercrime
• cyberterrorism
• terrorism
• identity
• theft
• malware
• phishing
• crime
• antivirus
• virus
• hackers
• civil
• liberty
• internet
• web
• Cole
• Parrella
• Plonk
• Poulsen

[electricgenerators1]

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[ComputerHistory]

@electricgenerators1 Thanks very much!

[TradieTrev]

Any computer system will have a vulnerability, it's only a matter of finding what it is. Such is human nature, any laws won't prevent it.

[itachisxeyes]

@TradieTrev yes, but if there isn't a law against the action then technically, the offender can not be arrested or sent off to prison or fined or anything like that. the law isn't there to stop the person from offending you see.

[shorthairstyles2012]

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[jessieevangelista]

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[TaxTalkTube]

Certainly makes you think

[Gnut23]

@tourettehigh don't u know, if the gov. does it, then it's ok, if it's done to Gov. def. illegal

[tourettehigh]

why do you guys talk about the smallest criminals??? the hackers... nobody talks about governments laws about storing data, military technique of cracking and killing what ever system they need.

internet stinks at the moment!!! and will never stop smelling...

hacking google... :)) cher up boyz, keep up the good work... google is hacking everything with their commercials... their indexes... their search query persistence / analysis , isn't this not legal ? how much data is google producing a day?