Spyware Warriors and the Digital UnderGround: Part 1 Podcast

by SpywareGuide Staff

Download it direct or listen in MP3 Format!

We talked about this some time ago and gave you a teaser. Now  Part 1 has been put out on the net- and it gets wild! If you want to hear spyware researchers taking you into the inner workings on how it all goes down, along with some other tidbits that will shock and awe, surf on over to hear about the following subjects:

00:01 - 02:37 Introduction
02:38 - 04:08 What does Facetime do and for whom?
04:09 - 05:19 What is a botnet network? (Boyd)
05:20 - 06:11 What are hackers and e-criminals motivations? (Boyd)
06:11 - 07:54 Things changing for the worse; paradigm shift (Porter)
07:55 - 10:19 The story of RinCe, tipster on major bust (Boyd, Porter)
10:20 - 11:43 Anatomy of a good tipster; motivations (Boyd)
11:44 - 12:53 Changing vectors & new dangerous hacker tactics (Porter)
12:54 - 13:23 Instant Messaging no longer safe (Porter)
13:24 - 13:43 Botnet criminal motivations (Boyd)
13:44 - 14:33 New perspectives (Molander)
14:34 - 16:23 Attack complexity increasing, vectors changing (Porter)
16:24 - 16:58 Dark Economy: Organized crime moving online (Porter)
16:59 - 19:02 Cloak & Dagger: How to penetrate a botnet (Boyd)
19:03 - 21:56 Gathering intelligence from 'the underbelly' (Boyd)
22:54 - 23:33 Fallout from adware, spyware & Web crime (Porter)
23:34 - 25:10 Warning to e-commerce executives (Porter)

Count on Part 2 to appear shortly. If you liked Part 1, why not vote for it on Digg.com?

Unless otherwise noted this article is Copyright © 2008 by FaceTime Communications, Inc. This article may not be resold, reprinted, or redistributed for compensation of any kind without prior written permission from FaceTime Communications, Inc. For reprint or media inquires please contact us with the phrase "Spyware Guide Articles" in the subject line and we will by happy to assist you. Links to this article from other websites are appreciated and encouraged. Users are also encouraged to utilize our RSS system to provide unique content and extracts for their site.

Read other articles (back to full list)