Information Security News: Rising Internet Fraud, Darknets On Agenda At Black Hat

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http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600423

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
July 23, 2009 

The economy may still be sputtering but for hackers and scammers, 
opportunities abound.

At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas next week -- the 
training sessions begin on Saturday, followed by the presentations on 
Tuesday -- Jeremiah Grossman, founder and CTO of WhiteHat Security, 
plans to reveal how hackers are making massive sums on the Internet.

His presentation, "Mo' Money Mo' Problems: Making a LOT More Money on 
the Web the Black Hat Way," is a follow-up of his Black Hat session last 
year called "Get Rich or Die Trying."

How much money? He said the schemes he'll be discussing have been used 
to defraud companies for anywhere from thousands of dollars to hundreds 
of millions.

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