Two interesting papers
Two interesting papers for students of Internet crime. The first is an analysis of the Google Blacklist by Michael Sutton. Its interesting to note how the patterns of attack change over time, some targets are perenial others are a bit like the days when the Beatles and the Rolling Stones were duking it out in the singles charts, the same name dominates for a few months, is replaced but then returns.
The other interesting piece is a USNIX paper by the Cymru folks. This describes how the perpetrators interact. One interesting footnote here the prices of bots do seem to be sliding.
[Hat tips, Jean-Jacques Halans, Joe St Sauver]
