 Tuesday, 22. July 2003
Typischer Hacker ist unter 21
Dienstag 15. Juli 2003, 08:25 Uhr
Typischer Hacker ist unter 21
Wiesbaden (pte) - Der typische Internet-Hacker ist männlich, zwischen 16 und 21 Jahren alt und lebt noch bei seinen Eltern. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt das deutsche Kriminalistische Institut des Bundeskriminalamts (BKA) http://www.bka.de in einer Studie über "Account-Missbrauch im Internet". Das BKA hat gemeinsam mit der Universität Münster einen Fragebogen entwickelt, der an beteiligte Staatsanwaltschaften, Gerichte und Eltern von Tatverdächtigen verschickt wurde. 599 Fragebögen wurden ausgewertet. Drei Typen von Hackern konnten ausgemacht werden. http://www.bka.de/informationen/account_missbrauch.pdf Der Studie zufolge gibt es einen "typischen" Hacker, 65,8 Prozent (373 Mitglieder) der Täter zählen zu dieser Gruppe. Er ist männlichen Geschlechts, zwischen 16 und 21 Jahren alt und lebt bei seinen Eltern. Er hat eine mittlere oder gehobene Schulbildung und mittlere bis hohe Computerkenntnisse, die er sich autodidaktisch erworben hat. Gründe für den Account-Missbrauch sind in dieser Gruppe in erster Linie wirtschaftlicher Natur oder um auszuprobieren, was geht. Der durchschnittliche Schaden, den diese Gruppe anrichtet, beträgt 388 Euro.Die zweitgrößte Gruppe der "untypischen Täter" (119 Mitglieder) ist auch männlich, aber älter als die typischen Täter und lässt sich wegen vielfältiger Möglichkeiten zur Lebensgestaltung nicht eindeutig kategorisieren. Die untypischen Täter haben mehr Geld und mehr PC-Erfahrung als die erste Gruppe. Der Schaden, den sie angerichtet haben, ist mit durchschnittlich 429 Euro nur geringfügig größer als der der typischen Täter. Die dritte und kleinste Gruppe besteht aus Frauen (5,8 Prozent, 35 Mitglieder). Im Schnitt sind sie 34,7 Jahre alt und haben geringere EDV-Kenntnisse und langsamere Rechner als die männlichen Täter. Ihr Hauptmotiv besteht meistens auch im Ausprobieren oder in wirtschaftlichen Erwägungen. Nur fünf Prozent von ihnen wussten, dass sie eine strafbare Handlung begehen.Im Mittel waren die Täter 23 Jahre alt, insgesamt 72,2 Prozent von ihnen lebten während der Tatbegehung bei ihren Eltern. Das Hauptmotiv bei allen drei Gruppen sind wirtschaftliche Gründe (51,3 Prozent), zweithäufigstes Motiv ist das Ausprobieren (33,1 Prozent).
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Der typische Hacker
Junger Mann, lebt bei den Eltern
Montag, 14. Juli 2003
Der typische Hacker
Junger Mann, lebt bei den Eltern
Der typische Computer-Hacker ist ein junger Mann, der bei seinen Eltern lebt. Das ist das Ergebnis einer am Montag vorgestellten Studie des Bundeskriminalamts (BKA) in Wiesbaden und der Polizei Münster.
Die Täter seien zwischen 16 und 21 Jahren alt und hätten eine mittlere bis gehobene Schulbildung. Die Verbindungen mit fremden Daten bauten sie vom Telefonanschluss der Eltern aus auf. Zugangsdaten würden über Chat-Rooms und Hacker-Seiten bekannt.
Im Januar 2000 sei im Polizeipräsidium Münster die Ermittlungskommission "INET" gebildet worden, die 310 Strafanzeigen aus dem gesamten Bundesgebiet bearbeitete, berichteten das BKA und die Polizei Münster weiter. Die Fahnder ermittelten 3.600 Menschen, von deren Anschlüssen aus Internet-Verbindungen mit fremden Zugangsdaten aufgebaut wurden. Der Gesamtschaden liegt nach Berechnungen der Ermittlungskommission bei 1,5 Mio. Euro. Insgesamt 990.000 Einzelverbindungen, 29.000 Kundendaten und rund 8.600 Telefonanschlüsse seien überprüft worden.
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Thursday, 21. November 2002
War with Iraq will mean virus outbreak, hacker says
A Malaysian virus writer who is sympathetic to the cause of the al-Qaeda terrorist group and Iraq and who has been connected to at least five other malicious code outbreaks is threatening to release a megavirus if the U.S. launches a military attack against Iraq...
Melhacker confirmed earlier reports by Chantilly, Va.-based iDefense Inc. that he has developed and tested a "three-in-one" megaworm code-named Scezda that combines features from the well-known SirCam, Klez and Nimda worms.
[The Hacktivist]
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The Cult of Hackers
Hackers are typically portrayed as one of two stereotypes: digital Robin Hoods taking on the Internet's wired establishment or sinister masterminds who can upend everyday users' lives with their technical exploits.
In reality, hackers -- who tend to resist that blanket term in favor of more specialized designations, such as cracker, white hat or black hat -- are usually tech-savvy individuals experimenting with their skill sets by probing applications and Web sites for vulnerabilities, security expert Ryan Russell told NewsFactor.
But how did hacker myths arise? What sparks our fascination with those who illicitly explore computer systems?
Comic Book Characters
Gartner research director Richard Stiennon told NewsFactor that the public's desire to view real-world individuals as fictional good guys and bad guys is the driving force that determines how hackers are perceived.
[...] [NewsFactor Cybercrime & Security]
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Thursday, 14. November 2002
Former DrinkOrDie Member Chris Tresco Answers
Okay, former DrinkOrDie member and convicted warez dude Chris Tresco got his answers to your questions back to us, so here they are. [Slashdot: Interviews]
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Tuesday, 15. October 2002
Internet Again
10 Minutes ago the "SYNC" LED on our ADSL modem switchd from red to green. So we are on the net again. Theoretically we where before connected via an Apple Airport with Modem but some confusing Interactions between the ISDN-to-analog converter in our PBX and the Airport resulted in a transferrate of ca. 800 b/s and RTT latency of up to 22000 ms (22 seconds!). So basically Internet was unusable.
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Monday, 30. September 2002
Back blogging!
As you might have noticed this Weblog was broken in various ways in the last few days. Seems all showstopper bugs are ironed out and I can go on blogging. Nice.
You can find some explanation of my problems at http://md.hudora.de/blog/categories/niftyHacks/2002/30/
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Wednesday, 04. September 2002
Hacker vs. hacker: how to tell them apart
A few years ago, there were a few short months when the public seemed almost able to grasp the fact that there are different kinds of hackers. Some arrests had been made, and media comments began to sound almost insightful as more attention was paid to the hacking phenomenon and its causes.
As hacker guru Kevin Mitnick gave interviews from jail and Eric Raymond released The New Hacker's Dictionary for public consumption, discussion about hacking flourished.
Alas, almost as soon as progress started, it was stymied.
[Help Net Security - News]
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Monday, 02. September 2002
Hackers Struggling to Find Security Jobs
[Reformed hackers are finding it harder and harder to find legitimate jobs in security companies, according to an article in Wired on the trials and tribulations of "Max Vision", aka Max Butler. In the late 90s, Max did a lot of network penetration testing and tipped off the FBI with new developments in hacking and security. But in 1998 he ended up serving a year in federal prison for releasing an Internet worm which patched a serious vulnerability in BIND - and also backdoored each fixed server. Since his release, he's had to resort to begging for minimum wage work, as his criminal record has made him unhireable. Particularly after 9/11, companies are rarely willing to hire former hackers, and a more competitive job market doesn't help either. While such fears are understandable, it still is sad to see such talented people forced to desperation for a chance to come clean and do decent work.
Hideaway.Net]
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The hacker's worst enemy? Another hacker
By far the most entertaining - and controversial - speech of this year's DNSCON, the UK hacker conference, was delivered by Scotsman Gus (something of the Irvine Welsh of the UK's h4xOr scene) who lambasted the Hollywood image of hacking.
Gus, who doesn't admit to being a hacker himself ('that would be criminal') but clearly knows a thing or two, fired his opening shot by saying anybody who thought hacking was glamorous or a "way to get chicks" was hopelessly wrong. [The Register]
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White-Hat Hate Crimes on the Rise
When hackers broke into Ryan Russell's server and plastered his private e-mails and other personal files on the Internet last week, Russell tried to shrug it off as a harmless prank.
But Russell, editor of Hack Proofing Your Network and an analyst with SecurityFocus.com, also seemed shaken by the incident.
"There's a group out there whose goal in life is to show they're smarter than you and they have the tools to do it," said Russell, a "white-hat" hacker who goes by the nickname "BlueBoar."
The break-in at Russell's Thieveco.com site, which is hosted by a Canadian ISP, appears to be the latest in a series of attacks against white hats and prominent figures in the information security profession.
Claiming responsibility for the attacks is a shadowy group named el8. Earlier this year, members launched Project Mayhem, a campaign designed to "cause worldwide physical destruction to the security industry infrastructure," according to an article published last month in el8's online magazine.[Wired News]
See also "The Hacker Class War".
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Sunday, 01. September 2002
Report: U.S. Expecting Chinese Hack Blitz
U.S. officials reportedly are preparing for possible hack attacks by Chinese individuals,
groups and government, according to published reports. Security officials told NewsFactor
they are watching for activity related to last year's conflict between American and
Chinese hackers. [NewsFactor Cybercrime & Security]
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How Teens Still Hack Million-Dollar Security Systems
Even as bills are introduced in the U.S. legislature that call for more severe penalties
for those who break into computer systems, causing monetary damage and potentially
putting people at risk, high-profile teen hacker cases persist.
While analysts cannot pinpoint exactly how teens find their way into heavily guarded government and enterprise computer systems, they pointed to several factors that often aid teen vandals more than adult perpetrators. These factors include easy-to-use scripting toolkits, readily available information and abundant time to learn new skills.
"What you're finding today is that young adults are able to look at Web sites, pick up very sophisticated tools and have the ability to run them," Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) Security Response senior director Vincent Weafer told NewsFactor.
Incidents on the Rise
More than 26,000 computer intrusion incidents were reported in the first three months of this year to the Coordination Center of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. That number surpasses the total for all of 2000.
According to the National Infrastructure Protection Center and security analysts, prefabricated scripting programs that can create viruses and other harmful code without requiring much computer knowledge have enticed teens to give cybercrime a test drive.
[NewsFactor Cybercrime & Security]
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