I’m going to take a possibly unpopular stance here. Forget everything you know about 21st-century offence culture. In cyber-security, it’s OK to blame the victim. Yes, the police should do more to catch cyber-criminals. Yes, the government should do more to discourage them. Yes, the world as a whole should work together to stamp this … Continue reading Blame the victim
Month: April 2016
The hacker economy
I wrote recently about a report that people would sell their company username and password for as little as $150. That’s just the tip of the iceberg. There’s a market, and a market price, for everything – credit card details sell for as little as $7, but bank account credentials sell for 1-5% of the … Continue reading The hacker economy
A bigger picture 