Re: Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis

["Thomas Raef" <traef () ebasedsecurity com>]

But don't you think cybercrime is much the same?

Don't so many people turn their heads and ignore the pending "crisis" in
computer security?

It seems in the forums, blogs, in person, etc. that so many people are
clueless when it comes to cyber crime. Sometimes I feel like that guy
Mel Gibson played in Conspiracy Theory. Preaching paranoia and pending
doom to all. When I talk about cyber crime to non-techies and even some
techies, they all look at me like I'm some kind of conspiracy theorist. 

Maybe I am?

Just looking for your further thoughts.

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org]
On Behalf Of Gadi Evron
Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 1:24 PM
To: Trollie Fingers
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] Cybercrime as destructive as credit crisis

On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Trollie Fingers wrote:
> I respectfully disagree.  This is a little sensationalist I must say.
>
> I wonder if other industries allow over hyping their issues to this
degree?
> I know its job security.  But this just looks kinda ridiculous to
anyone
> besides us.

The credit crisis was there for quite some time before everyone became 
aware of it. It just ept growing and not existing.

        Gadi.

> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 5:03 AM, Juha-Matti Laurio <
> juha-matti.laurio () netti fi> wrote:
>
> > "Cybercrime is likely to wreak as much havoc as the credit crisis in
the
> > coming years if international regulation is not improved,
> > some of the world's top crime experts said on Wednesday.
> >
> > Damage caused by cybercrime is estimated at $100 billion annually,
said
> > Kilian Strauss, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe
> > (OSCE).
> >
> > "These criminals, they outsmart us ten, or a hundred to one," Strauss
told
> > Reuters,
> > adding more internet experts were needed to investigate and tackle
> > cybercrime."
> > --clip--
> >
> > More at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/19/AR200811
1902389.html
> > Exactly, the need of Internetpol:
> > http://www.f-secure.com/2008/q3/index.html
> >
> > Juha-Matti
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