This week Damballa will be represented at the 2010 BlackHat USA event in Las Vegas with me presenting on Thursday (29th July) at 11:15am. I’ll be covering the topic “Becoming the six-million-dollar man” – a closer look at some of the more sophisticated ways in which criminal botmasters are monetizing their botnets and laundering the proceeds, and how they’re becoming millionaires.
Come join the fun. I can probably guarantee that you’ll learn several of the new ways for making money from botnets – such as identity laundering and reputation hijacking.
Here’s the abstract for my presentation:
Starting a life of Internet crime is easy; in fact you’ve probably already doing it as far as the RIAA is concerned. Now that you’ve chosen to embark upon a new career, how are you going to get dirty, filthy, stinking rich? How do you become a millionaire?
The tool of choice has got to be botnets. Building them is just the start. How do you monetize the tens or hundreds of thousands of machines under your control? Should you harvest confidential and personal information from the victims, or would it be more prudent to become a specialist service provider to other botnet operators? Which models work best, and how can you become a six-million-dollar man within a year?
– Gunter Ollmann, VP Research
Tags: blackhat, presentation, security