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All over the world, individuals and many organized crime and mafia groups have found that the Internet can help them make a lot of money. Others are motivated by ideology: Manipulated by or acting in accordance with an ethos, they conduct illegal activities against institutions or individuals they consider the “enemy.” Far removed from the isolated individuals acting simply irresponsibly or for amusement, these two groups constitute the double threat we know today as cybercrime and hacktivism.
Last week we published a new report that looks, in great depth, at this phenomenon. The main goal is to explain how these organized groups have become established and what the extent of their activities are. In the first part of this report, after offering some definitions, we present some of the major participants who simply cannot be ignored. The second part deals with various topics including cybercrime and hacktivism, economics, politics, culture, and others. Each topic is illustrated with examples found in the news. Through other examples, the third part of the document deals with prices and the return on investment criminals can expect.

Chinese, Japanese, and Brazilian Portuguese versions are also available from the McAfee Labs Technical White Papers web page.
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