Chasing hackers and hacktivists

Cybercrime investigators face new technologies and strategies, reports Deb Radcliff.

Ever-evolving strategies and technologies are just some of the issues facing today's cybercrime investigator, reports Deb Radcliff.

An email snagged by the FireEye inline sandbox was destined for an employee working on a sensitive R&D project. The message contained detailed information about the employee and past projects he worked on with another colleague, from whom the mail portended to come.

“The email was convincing enough to make even the most discriminating employee click the link,” says Mark Leary, CISO of TASC, a professional services company servicing US intelligence, defense and other agencies of high interest to foreign governments, terrorists and hacktivists.“When we investigated further, we realised the spear phisher got the information over LinkedIn.”

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