Great Special Report at CSO on Security and Organized Crime

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[Update: Fixed a broken link to the first CSO article... which was the whole point of this post! Thank you, readers, for pointing this out!]

CSO Magazine has a great feature this month on security and organized crime, including an article with some interesting details on how organized "cybercrime" works.

Both of these articles are well worth reading:

Organized Cybercrime Revealed: "Just a few years ago, most hackers either acted for the glory of spreading a virus they'd written, or handled all aspects of an operation, from phishing to building fake websites to cashing in on the fraud. Since then, cybercriminals have discovered Adam Smith. They specialize, they create markets and above all, they're entrepreneurial."

Organized Crime and Retail Theft: Facts and Myths: "A National Retail Federation survey found that 92 percent of retailers said they'd been the victims of organized retail theft in 2008. Organized retail thieves swiped between $15 billion and $30 billion in goods a year. Their favorite targets: razor blades, infant formula, teeth whiteners, Oil of Olay, diabetes-related supplies, branded apparel, consumer electronics and Blu-ray discs."

Comments

[Keith R. Crosley]

I'm glad you find these sorts of posts useful!