This isn’t your father’s haker

Here’s an article on how the nature of the hackers on the Internet is changing. Where it used to be that the majority of the hackers out there were talented programmers or script kiddies, now a days the real hackers are working for organized crime and earning the big bucks.

There really hasn’t been much of a change to the nature of the Internet. Malware and hacking is following much the same pattern that the Internet did itself not too long ago. First, a few talented hacks got involved to explore what could be done. Then a larger audience began using what they’d developed. Then big business saw a possibility for profit and took over. The only difference is that it’s organized crime that’s seen the possible profit and organized the hackers.

In India, still the cyber laws are not fool proof to ensure the information security. Hence, to tackle these new ORGANIZED cyber crimes, its necessary to look at the business implications & potential of the loopholes present in the network. The vulnerabilities should not be classified as high, medium or low just on the basis of the historical data but even the technological advancements should be considered before the classification.