The document discusses cybercrime trends over time from the 1980s to present day. It covers the evolution of cybercrime from bedroom hackers and annoying viruses in the 1980s to state-sponsored hacking and information stealing in the 2010s. The document also discusses future trends in cybercrime such as lower thresholds for targeted attacks and mass social engineering. Various quotes related to cybercrime and security are included throughout.

1. The Reading Room, 14th December 2013
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3. 1. Evolution of Cybercrime
2. Future of Cybercrime
3. Mass “Consumer” Attacks
4. Targeted Attacks
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4. 1980s
Bedroom hackers
Annoying viruses
1990s
Commercial hackers
Viruses winning
2000s
Hugely profitable
Botnets
2010s
State hacking
Information stealing
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5. State
Cyber ”crime”
Lower
Threshold For
Targeted Attacks
Mass Social
Engineering
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6. Why do Nigerian “419” scammers
say that they’re from Nigeria?
Cormac Herley, Microsoft Research
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7. “You don’t have to run faster than
the bear to get away. You just have
to run faster than the guy next to
you.”
Jim Butcher, Author
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8. “If you protect your paper clips and
diamonds with equal vigour, you’ll
soon have more paper clips and
fewer diamonds.”
Dean Rusk, US Secretary of State, 1961-1969
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9. “Why do I rob banks? Because that’s
where the money is.”
Willie Sutton, Bank Robber
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10. Paper Clips
• User education
• Centralised anti-virus
software
• Keep software patched
• Firewalls
Diamonds
• Isolate your networks
• Secondary access
requirements
• Two factor
authentication
• Encrypt your diamonds
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11. Singapore - Hong Kong - Myanmar
Drew Graham, CTO
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