Attacking Criminal Networks On the Internet

Hugh Pickens writes "Computer Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University are developing techniques to analyze and disrupt black markets on the internet, where criminals sell viruses, stolen data, and attack services estimated to total more than $37 million for the seven-month period they studied. To stem the flow of stolen credit cards and identity data, researchers have proposed two technical approaches to reducing the number of successful market transactions. One approach to disrupting the network is a slander attack where an attacker eliminates the verified status of a buyer or seller through false defamation. Another approach undercuts the cyber-crooks' network by creating a deceptive sales environment. 'Just like you need to verify that individuals are honest on E-bay, online criminals need to verify that they are dealing with "honest" criminals,' says Jason Franklin, one of the researchers."

The World's Largest Crime

[Anonymous Coward]

Syndicate [whitehouse.org]

Pax,
Kilgore Trout

Idea...

[Hsien-Ko]

Why not just implement violence support in ipv7? Who needs to undercut them, when you can uppercut (to the point of Toasty)?

What I want to know is

[Anonymous Coward]

how do I get in touch with one of these criminals to inquire about their services? Is there a secret handshake I'm supposed to give to the guy at the McDonald's drivethru, and he writes an ip addy on my happy meal?

Re:How about...

[kurzweilfreak]

Your products are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

What do you mean I'm already "subscribed"?

Willing to meet Jimmy Hoffa?

[Anonymous Coward]

Just look at the article photo of that bespectacled nerd. Unless he is Superman or Harry Potter himself, he better not mess with organized online criminals (at least half of whom are directly connected to the russian maffia). In response to the slander attack he proposed they will just find Mr. Geek, step on his eyeglasses and make him sleep with the fishes.

OK, I know most geeks never slept with a girl, so they have no first-hand experience, but I can tell that you sleeping with fishes is even more dangerous to your health. Syphillis can be treated, HIV symptoms can be controlled but a slab of concrete cast around your legs never goes away, frankly.

Remmeber that american who went to Nigeria to find out about 419 scammers and ended up in a coffin, dismembered? Those negro are very docily compared to the ethnic jews who run the russian mafia!