Section 3.22 Organised Crime Flashcards
Objectives 1.2 Summarise fundamental security concepts Objectives 2.1 Compare and contrast threat actors and motivations Objectives 2.2 Explain common threat vectors and attack surfaces
Organised Cyber Crime Groups
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Organized cybercrime groups are groups or syndicates that have banded together to conduct criminal activities in the digital world
Sophisicated and well structures who use resources and technical skills for ilicit gain
Organised Cyber Crime Groups technical capabilities
Very high level of technical capability and they often employ advanced hacking techniques and tools inlcuding
- Custom Malware
- Ransomware
- Sophisticated phising campaigns
4 main activities
Organised Cyber Crime Group activites
These criminal groups will engage in a variety of illicit activities to generate revenue for their members
- Data Breaches
- Identity theft
- Online fraud
- Ransomeware attacks
Organised Cyber Crime Group motives
MONEY
Cybercrime groups are not typically driven by ideological or political objectives however these groups may be hired by other entities, including governments, to conduct cyber operations and attacks on their behalf
Organised cyber crime group
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Sophisticated cyber crime syndocite that has been linked to numurous high profile data breaches that targeted retail and hospitatily induisties using advanced phishing.
