Forwarded from: Lance Spitzner <lanceat_private> Thought the folks on the list would be interested in this paper. CC fraud and identity theft has become far easier, automated, and wide spread then we originally thought. -- Lance Spitzner http://www.tracking-hackers.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Patrick McCarty <mccartypat_private> Subject: Know Your Enemy - Automated Credit Card Fraud The Honeynet Project is excited to announce the release of a new paper in the Know Your Enemy series, "Automated Credit Card Fraud." The paper describes how a certain criminal community, who call themselves carders, have established sophisticated tools and methods that perform such functions as: * Providing a stolen credit card and personal information upon request * Verifying that a credit card is currently valid * Determining the security code (CVV2) associated with a credit card * Determining the available credit remaining on a credit card These tools also identify retailers vulnerable to credit card fraud, exploits that can compromise inadequately defended e-commerce sites, and means of concealing on-line identity during criminal activity. The related criminal activity is global in scope, significant in volume, and conducted largely in open IRC channels. Despite policing by operators of some IRC networks, and shutdown of some high-activity channels, several IRC networks and many IRC channels continue to provide automated support of credit card fraud. One of the most disturbing aspects of this activity is just how simple and pervasive this has become. Know Your Enemy: Automated Credit Card Fraud http://www.honeynet.org/papers/profiles/cc-fraud.pdf - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomoat_private with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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