Understanding the Cultural Aspects of Hacking to Improve Cyber Investigations

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Presented at TechnoSecurity&DigitalForensics 2019 by

Angel Grant

Have you ever wondered what motivates certain cybercriminals and why some prefer to work independently, while others would do business with anyone? Do you know what to expect when engaging an Asian based hacker as opposed to a Latin American one? Or which hacking groups are God-fearing and expect you to be too? To better understand them we must start with culture. Join this session for insight into the underlying cultural aspects of hacking to understand when & why you are a target by one group and to improve your cyber investigations. Attendees will learn; How the Dark Web has spun into a Gray Web leveraging social media to recruit mules and sell goods and services; Gain a cultural Rosetta stone to understand the differences that set hackers apart to improve your investigations and; Learn the best way to approach and engage hackers to uncover how they obtained stolen goods, the TTPs they are using to targeting organizations to provide solid investigation evidence.