Anti-Hacking White Papers
The New Breed of Cracker, Verse the Next Generation of Defenses
Overview The inclusion of the internet in corporate business models has lead to the inclusion of the internet in the business model of organized crime. Professional Hackers are being paid to develop worms for use by these groups or to perform various acts of cyber crime. Tools Security professionals are increasingly facing full time counterparts as opposed to the script kiddiez and crackers of the 90's. This new breed of professional hacker, who is motivated by financial gain as opposed to purely malicious intent, poses new risks for network managers.
| Publisher | The SANS Institute | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | April 2004 | Downloads | 4 |
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