This document provides an overview of organized cybercrime, discussing the various players and weapons involved. The players section outlines groups like former Soviet military, Russian mafia, professional hackers, spammers, and basic cybercrime organizations. The Russian mafia is particularly notable, operating divisions for cybercrime and compelling hackers to work for them. Professional hackers are often highly paid to develop exploits and malware. Spammers earn millions annually selling direct mail services. The weapons section briefly mentions botnets, phishing, and common internet attack tools used by organized cybercriminal groups.

2. PRESENTATION
Organized Cybercrime
ON
CYBER CRIME

3. HISTORY
 “With just a few keystrokes, cybercriminals around the world
can disrupt our economy.” - Ralph Basham, Director of the
U.S. Secret Service at RSA 2005.
 “With just a few keystrokes, I can turn those pundits off and
watch porn instead.” – jrandom, NMRC,
2005

4. Outline
The Players
The Weapons
Precision Tactics
Examples

5. The Players
Former Soviet Military
Russian Mafia
Professional Hackers
Spammers
Traditional Mafia
Basic Cybercrime
Organizations

6. Former Soviet Military
Military industrial complex in Soviet Russia was
even more corrupt than their USA counterparts
With the collapse of communism, many upper
military personnel in Russia had few skills that
paid well
Good at money laundering
Good at moving goods across borders
Connections with international crime

7. Russian Mafia
Dolgopruadnanskaya is the second-largest
gang operating out of Russia. They are
considered ruthless and also are believed to
be behind numerous current cybercrime
activities.

8. Russian Mafia
Cybercrime elements are considered “divisions”
 The actual hackers themselves are kept compartmentalized
Due to protection from a corrupt Russian government,
most “big cases” do not net the big players, e.g. Operation
Firewall
When new hacking talent is needed, they will force
hackers to work for them (or kill them and/or their
families)

9. Professional Hackers
Paid per the job, usually flat rates
State-side hackers can earn up to $200K a year
The work is usually writing tools for others to use,
developing/finding new exploits, and coding up
malware

10. Spammers
They earn millions per year selling their direct
mail services
They are the main employer of professional
hackers

11. Traditional Mafia
They are currently leaving most of the “work” to
others
Online ventures are sticking close to such things
as pr0n, online gambling, etc
They are taking advantage of technology, using
computers heavily, and using reliable encryption

12. Basic Cybercrime Organizations
Fluid and change members frequently
Although the most troublesome, they are
considered the bottom feeders
Think criminal script kiddies
This is usually who the Feds get, not the big guys

13. The Weapons
Botnets
 Average size is 5000 computers, some have been as large as
500,000 computer.
Phishing
 You guys *do* know what phishing is, right?
The usual Internet attack tools
 Metasploit, etc