Botnets and the eCrime Cycle: The iSIGHT Partners’ Approach
Ken Dunham, Jim Melnick · Auerbach Publications eBooks · 2008
By 2008, eCrime was taking place through three distinct phases: credential collection, monetization, and laundering. Figure 5.1 illustrates how these three are related in a constant cycle of eCrime operations. ese three phases are the pillars of the criminal underground marketplace where illicit goods and services are bought and sold.