FBI Agent Talks About Computer Crime
Here is a great article in The Register written by a University instructor and SecurityFocus member about a presentation an FBI Computer Intrusion Expert gave at his class. It’s a great read, and I’m linking it here instead of on the right-hand side because YOU SHOULD GO READ IT NOW.
This is bad enough and it’s also cruelly funny, but the scary part came in when Dave started talking about the other group behind the explosion of viruses and Trojans: Eastern European hackers, backed by organized crime, such as the Russian mafia. In other words, the professionals.