Organized Crime on the Net: The Russian Mafia, Mobsters, and Turf Wars

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As director of the Rapid Response Team at VeriSign-owned iDefense, of Dulles, Va., Dunham and his team of malware hunters infiltrate black hat hacker forums, chat rooms and newsgroups, posing as online criminals to gather intelligence on the dramatic rise in rootkits, Trojans and botnets.

Based on all the evidence gathered over the last two years, Dunham is convinced that groups of well-organized mobsters have taken control of a global billion-dollar crime network powered by skillful hackers and money mules targeting known software security weaknesses.

"There's a well-developed criminal underground market that's connected to the mafia in Russia and Web gangs and loosely affiliated mob groups around the world. They're all involved in this explosion of phishing and online crime activity," Dunham said ...

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