http://www.thoughtshapers.com/podcasts Wayne Porter and Chris Boyd (aka PaperGhost) get paid to spend their days infiltrating rings of real life cyber criminals... all the while risking they'll get caught by the thieves themselves. How must it feel to gather evidence on such lowlifes and then turn it over to the States' Attorney General's office, the even the Federal Authorities? Join me as I present a two part series on the Spyware Warriors and the Digital Underground. Molander & Associates Inc. all rights reserved jeff@molanderassoc.com (jeff@molanderassoc.com) en-us Wed, 16 May 2012 23:17:26 GMT Hipcast RSS Feeder 1.25 Technology 60 http://jeffmol.hipcast.com/albumart/1016.1337210246.jpg http://www.thoughtshapers.com/podcasts yes Jeff Molander Wayne Porter and Chris Boyd (aka PaperGhost) get paid to spend their days infiltrating rings of real life cyber criminals... all the while risking they'll get caught by the thieves themselves. Jeff Molander interviews them. Listen now! no spyware,adware,botnet,porter,boyd,paperghost,jeff,molander,molander,wayne,porter,chris,boyd,advertising,web,advertising,affiliate,marketing,direct,revenue,ben,edleman,facetime Jeff Molander jeff@molanderassoc.com b3521f06-b43b-c505-51f3-6edbd0da1309
Porter actually predicts that the realm of click fraud is bound to get a lot more ugly as massive, criminal-operated networks of "zombie" PC's ("botnets") turn their guns in a new direction. Detecting them may, as it turns out, not be easy for Google, Yahoo Search or even sophisticated operations like Porter's team of researchers.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:02 - How and why would major advertisers fund criminals?
2:04 - Porter gives example: brokers of brokers of brokers
2:34 - The connection between performance advertising and botnets, fraud
4:58 - Risk levels of cost per sale vs. cost per click vs. impression/CPM
6:28 - How brands are affected
7:16 - A new form of cost per click fraud?
9:19 - Small but widely distributed click fraud botnets may prove highly problematic
11:30 - Enterprise risks to botnets
11:48 - The potential for a new form of click fraud
13:44 - Web marketing, becoming less efficient and dangerous for brands
14:52 - "Botnets can be used for pay per click fraud" (Porter)
15:10 - Learn from the Past: AllAdvantage "Get Paid to Sleep"
17:05 - New SpywareGuide.com blog
19:15 - Funny story: "Mr. Bean" movies among badguys
21:31 - Closing remarks

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Porter actually predicts that the realm of click fraud is bound to get a lot more ugly as massive, criminal-operated networks of "zombie" PC's ("botnets") turn their guns in a new direction. Detecting them may, as it turns out, not be easy for Google, Yahoo Search or even sophisticated operations like Porter's team of researchers.

Click Enclosure below to listen!

0:00 - Introduction
1:02 - How and why would major advertisers fund criminals?
2:04 - Porter gives example: brokers of brokers of brokers
2:34 - The connection between performance advertising and botnets, fraud
4:58 - Risk levels of cost per sale vs. cost per click vs. impression/CPM
6:28 - How brands are affected
7:16 - A new form of cost per click fraud?
9:19 - Small but widely distributed click fraud botnets may prove highly problematic
11:30 - Enterprise risks to botnets
11:48 - The potential for a new form of click fraud
13:44 - Web marketing, becoming less efficient and dangerous for brands
14:52 - "Botnets can be used for pay per click fraud" (Porter)
15:10 - Learn from the Past: AllAdvantage "Get Paid to Sleep"
17:05 - New SpywareGuide.com blog
19:15 - Funny story: "Mr. Bean" movies among badguys
21:31 - Closing remarks

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Guests:
Wayne Porter, Sr. Dir. Greynet Networks
Chris Boyd (PaperGhost), Dir. Malware Research
Facetime Communications

00:01 - 02:37 Introduction
02:38 - 04:08 What does Facetime do and for whom?
04:09 - 05:19 What is a botnet network? (Boyd)
05:20 - 06:11 What are hackers and e-criminals motivations? (Boyd)
06:11 - 07:54 Things changing for the worse; paradigm shift (Porter)
07:55 - 10:19 The story of RinCe, tipster on major bust (Boyd, Porter)
10:20 - 11:43 Anatomy of a good tipster; motivations (Boyd)
11:44 - 12:53 Changing vectors & new dangerous hacker tactics (Porter)
12:54 - 13:23 Instant Messaging no longer safe (Porter)
13:24 - 13:43 Botnet criminal motivations (Boyd)
13:44 - 14:33 New perspectives (Molander)
14:34 - 16:23 Attack complexity increasing, vectors changing (Porter)
16:24 - 16:58 Dark Economy: Organized crime moving online (Porter)
16:59 - 19:02 Cloak & Dagger: How to penetrate a botnet (Boyd)
19:03 - 21:56 Gathering intelligence from 'the underbelly' (Porter)
22:54 - 23:33 Fallout from adware, spyware & Web crime (Porter)
23:34 - 25:10 Warning to e-commerce executives (Porter)

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Guests:
Wayne Porter, Sr. Dir. Greynet Networks
Chris Boyd (PaperGhost), Dir. Malware Research
Facetime Communications

00:01 - 02:37 Introduction
02:38 - 04:08 What does Facetime do and for whom?
04:09 - 05:19 What is a botnet network? (Boyd)
05:20 - 06:11 What are hackers and e-criminals motivations? (Boyd)
06:11 - 07:54 Things changing for the worse; paradigm shift (Porter)
07:55 - 10:19 The story of RinCe, tipster on major bust (Boyd, Porter)
10:20 - 11:43 Anatomy of a good tipster; motivations (Boyd)
11:44 - 12:53 Changing vectors & new dangerous hacker tactics (Porter)
12:54 - 13:23 Instant Messaging no longer safe (Porter)
13:24 - 13:43 Botnet criminal motivations (Boyd)
13:44 - 14:33 New perspectives (Molander)
14:34 - 16:23 Attack complexity increasing, vectors changing (Porter)
16:24 - 16:58 Dark Economy: Organized crime moving online (Porter)
16:59 - 19:02 Cloak & Dagger: How to penetrate a botnet (Boyd)
19:03 - 21:56 Gathering intelligence from 'the underbelly' (Porter)
22:54 - 23:33 Fallout from adware, spyware & Web crime (Porter)
23:34 - 25:10 Warning to e-commerce executives (Porter)

Want to be alerted to the release of the next episode? Click HERE.

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