Reputation in a dark network of online criminals
Reputation in a dark network of online criminals
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DOI：
10.1080/17440572.2013.801015
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
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影响因子：
2.2
通讯作者：
Dupont, Benoit
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作者：
Decary-Hetu, David;Dupont, Benoit
本文关注的是那些很容易被贴上企业家标签的犯罪分子，他们处理的是受损的计算机系统。这些人被称为botmaster，他们利用自己的技术技能接管和控制个人、企业和政府的电脑。这些被劫持的计算机网络在安全行业被称为僵尸网络。有了这种强大的计算能力，这些罪犯可以发送大量的垃圾邮件，攻击网络服务器或窃取金融数据，所有这些都是收费的。作为企业家，高手们的主要目标是尽可能取得最大程度的成功。在他们的案例中，这种成就可以用他们从出租僵尸网络中获得的非法收入来衡量。基于在合法和非法市场的文献中收集的证据，本文试图理解声誉如何与犯罪成就相关，以及在犯罪市场中影响声誉水平提高的因素。
This paper focuses on criminals who could easily be labelled as entrepreneurs and who deal in compromised computer systems. Known as botmasters, these individuals use their technical skills to take over and control personal, business and governmental computers. These networks of hijacked computers are known as botnets in the security industry. With this massive computing power, these criminals can send large amounts of spam, attack web servers or steal financial data all for a fee. As entrepreneurs, the botmasters' main goal is to achieve the highest level of success possible. In their case, this achievement can be measured in the illegitimate revenues they earn from the leasing of their botnet. Based on the evidence gathered in literature on legitimate and illegitimate markets, this paper sets to understand how reputation could relate to criminal achievement as well as what factors impact a heightened level of reputation in a criminal market.