Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Cybercrime is in a state of flux

Fast Flux is the new way for cybercriminals to cover their tracks. Somewhat illustrated in the movie "Untraceable" the technique involves fast changing of DNS records on servers and using Peer to Peer rather than command and control, along with encryption to interact with the bots planted in infected PCs. It makes it all but impossible to find and shut down the illicit sites/servers, which translates into higher rates of cybercrime in the future. Cybercrime is in a state of flux

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