Stealing more data
Verizon thinks that it has
found proof that most hackers work for the mob.
In its 2009 Data Breach
Investigations Report (DBIR), Verizon looked at 90 data breach cases that
exposed a 285 million records. It pointed out that this figure is far greater
than the 230 million records recorded as breached in the five years combined
from 2004 to 2008. But in breaches that resulted in compromised records being
used in a crime. Verizon Business found that organised crime almost always
behind the raids.
Apparently the mobsters are finding that the price of
credit card details on the black market has fallen so they have to get a lot of
details to make up for the shortfall in profits. The mob is now
more interested in trying to get PIN numbers and are targeting financial firms
to steal PINs and together with associated credit and debit accounts. More
than 93 per cent of hacks are against financial firms.
Most data breaches
originate from external threats, with Internet hacking being involved in 94 per
cent of breached records. Malware was involved in over one-third of the
cases investigated and contributed to nine out of 10 of all records breached.
The mobsters weapons of choice is the SQL injection attack which was seen
in 79 per cent of cases.