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SUMMARY:Decision-making in cybercriminal underground spaces. Where to go\,
  and why? - Luca Allodi\, Eindhoven University of Technology
DTSTART:20241105T140000Z
DTEND:20241105T150000Z
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CONTACT:Anna Talas
DESCRIPTION:The underground cybercriminal space is very fragmented. Dozens
  of forums and hundreds if not thousands of groups and channels on Telegra
 m (not to mention `deep-web' websites\, Discord servers\, and others) make
  a cybercriminal's life more complicated than not: which community(ies) to
  join\, when\, and what for? The decision is riddled with uncertainties: l
 aw enforcement presence\, risk of exit scams\, trustworthiness of buyers a
 nd sellers\, quality of products\, transaction assurances\, short and mid-
 term economic prospects and associated costs\; the list goes on.\n\nIn thi
 s talk we discuss preliminary evidence that criminals may\, in the aggrega
 te\, prefer communities with a certain set of characteristics for the trad
 e of highly-effective technology. Further\, we explore the role of Telegra
 m in this ecosystem and compare it to the mainly forum-based model of the 
 past. If time allows\, we then zoom out and discuss what economic theory c
 an tell us about `migration' decisions across (in our case\, criminal) com
 munities\, and how to possibly approach the evaluation of cybercriminal sp
 aces from that angle.\n\nZoom link:\nhttps://cam-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/872726143
 63?pwd=FDKSIgk354DY8Z9InowbfSlUbMHu48.1\n\nMeeting ID: 872 7261 4363\nPass
 code: 925499
LOCATION:Webinar &amp\; LT2\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building
 .
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