http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-9992897-83.html



Cybercrime, the harvesting and sale of credit card and other data for 

online fraud and theft, is a "shadow economy" that mimics the real 

business world in its practices and the mafia in its structure, 

according to a new report from security firm Finjan.



"The current cybercrime organizations bear an uncanny resemblance to 

organized crime organizations such as 'La Cosa Nostra,'" concludes 

Finjan's Malicious Code Research Center's Web Security Trends Report for 

the second-quarter of 2008 [1](survey required before downloading the 

21-page report).



There's a boss that heads up the organization for both the cybercrime 

gang and the mafia. The boss does not commit the crimes. Under him is 

the "underboss" who manages the operation, providing the Trojans for 

attacks.



[...]



[1] https://www.finjan.com/Form.aspx?id=67&Openform=true&ObjId=620





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Received on Thu Jul 17 2008 - 10:04:28 PDT