Web gangs target passwords
E-commerce
11 June 2008
Internet 'gangs' are targeting web users' passwords as part of organised criminal activities, the country's leading police agency has warned.
The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has published its latest assessment of criminal activity in the UK and defined the threat as "Technology Enabled Crime".
"The most significant e-crime activities take place within multi-skilled, 'virtual' criminal groups," the agency's threat assessment revealed.
The structure of these digital gangs differ from other criminal networks – they often comprise 30 or more members with an inner circle of "more technically advanced and/or experienced members who control access to the attack tools and are responsible for dividing up the work".
Soca also observed criminals increasingly use the internet to share their plans as they perceive it to be more secure.
Remote workers are often considered an increased threat and have fuelled extra security spending.
John N Stewart, chief security officer at networking firm, Cisco, has previously urged: "Increasing employee awareness through sustained education reduces threats, attacks and the painful price tags they typically carry."
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