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Duration: 30 min
Type: Talk
Speakers: Vladimir Kropotov
Abstract
Criminal business processes are significantly reshaped in recent years due to appearance and accessibility of new technologies and significant changes in the geo-political landscape. The presentation will focus on the changes of behaviour of russian-speaking criminal groups, significant developments and changes on the cyber underground. Those changes are affecting the lists of priority targets, geographical location of the targets of attacks, criminal business processes, modus operandi and priorities of criminal groups.
The presentation will also include case studies on the criminal business processes related to money mule services, attacks, leveraging e-commerce platforms, reshipment services, offers of commit violent actions in the particular regions of EU, appearance of the business models in EU, which was previously leveraged in the Russian-speaking countries.
Description
We dive into one of the most sophisticated and impactful ecosystems within the global cybercrime landscape. Our research looks at tools and techniques, specialized forums, popular services, plus a deeply ingrained culture of secrecy and collaboration.
