Disrupting underground marketplaces and arresting criminals has an impact on cybercrime — even if new malware and gangs emerge to fill the gaps.
Dark web takedowns and arrests are a crucial part of fighting cybercrime, but when one marketplace or malware operation gets disrupted by law enforcement, another is always likely to take its place. Emotet, one of the most prolific and most dangerous forms of malware – which served as a means for cyber criminals to deliver ransomware and other cyberattacks – was disrupted in a police operation earlier this year. And while the disruption of such a big player in the malware space inevitably has an impact on cybercrime, it doesn’t just disappear – cyber criminals find new means of engaging in malicious online activity. SEE: A winning strategy for cybersecurity (ZDNet special report)| Download the report as a PDF (TechRepublic) «I’m a big geek for Jurassic Park, and there’s famous line that Jeff Goldblum says: ‘Life finds a way,'» Rick Holland, CISO at Digital Shadows, told ZDNet Security Update.
