Author: Deeptiman Jugessur
Deeptiman Jugessur
Deeptiman Jugessur is a scientific programmer specializing in pattern recognition. He is developing an expertise in spam recognition from both a textual and behavioral context. But don’t let the brainiac description fool you: he’s a world traveler with a keen sense of humor and some impressive Jiu-Jitsu moves. Take that spam!
Articles by this author
Organized Cybercrime
A month ago I read a fascinating book called McMafia 1by Misha Glenny 2. Glenny, a former BBC world correspondent, presents a terrifying yet eye opening look at how organized crime has progressed with Globalization over the last few decades. Glenny covers all the major illicit activities from global drug trafficking networks, to prostitution and human trafficking. One chapter in particular is dedicated to the future of organized crime and the fastest growing sector, cybercrime. (Jul 13, 2010)
Anti-Social Networking
Web 2.0 is leading us to operate and collaborate more through our web browsers than ever before. Consequently, sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and MySpace are being used more aggressively for everything from chatting to marketing. Spammers are loving this. (Apr 07, 2010)
Botnet Generated Spam
Botnets are networks of compromised machines that are under the command and control (C&C) of one entity - the botnet master. They are typically used for crimes such as denial-of-service attacks, identity thefts, phishing and, most commonly, for sending spam. Current botnets have easy-to-use HTML-based interfaces and can be rented out by spammers for their various spamming campaigns. Researchers reported that during 2008, 85% of spam was generated by six botnets (Mega-D, Srizibi, Storm, Rustock, Pushdo and Cutwail). (Nov 06, 2009)
