Putting the squeeze on your network security

Putting the squeeze on your network security

Crackers, Hackers, carders and thieves are putting the squeeze on your
network security. But what do you really know about them? What draws
them to your network, and why do they do the things they do?

Knowing the motivations of digital intruders helps you understand
their behaviors, says Dr. Max Kilger, a social psychologist for the
Honeynet Project. Understanding those behaviors can help you
better protect your networks.

With this in mind, Network World dug into three real cases to analyze
the attackers' behaviors and motivations. The incidents include an
outsider attack on a financial institution, the rooting of an
e-commerce hosting provider to heist credit card numbers and an
employee copying a client database from a brokerage firm to take to a
new job at a competitor.

Identifying what is common and what is unique about these attacks
gives you information you can use to further your own protection,
detection and forensics practices.