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September 25, 2015 08:00 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/5sE3PcXLSOc/curbing-the-for-profit-cybercrime-food-chain
Curbing the For-Profit Cybercrime Food Chain
msm1267 writes: A new report coauthored by Google researchers and a host of academics explains that firewalls, two-factor authentication and other traditional defensive capabilities put security teams in a constant dogfight against cybercrime. Instead, the focus, they says, should be on attacking the criminal infrastructure. The report outs a number of soft spots and inter-dependencies in the criminal underground that could be leveraged to cut into the efficacy of cybercrime. "Commoditization directly influences the kinds of business structures and labor agreements that drive recent cybercrime," the researchers write. While shutting down the black market is easier said than done, the paper notes a few ways to deter the behavior of attackers, if not fully break the chain.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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