COMMON

MOTIVATION
OF
CYBERCRIMINALS
REVENGE An attacker may
 commit a
criminal
offense against a
company after a
perceived injustice
against themselves.
Opportunity While
undertaking duties, they
may identify
a vulnerability in their
internal systems where
money or data could be
removed without anyone
else being able to
identify their actions.
 Greed
This is a common
motivator for the
criminal. The
potential to enrich their
lives at the expense of
others is an enticing
option to them.
Test of Skill Some cybercriminals may
commit technical
attacks against others
as a training exercise
to develop their skills
for a more financially
lucrative attack.
Business Competitor One way
is to steal the
competition's IP through
computer hacking or to
damage the competitor's
reputation through
technical attack.
Professional Criminal
The professional criminal's
motivation is seeking
personal financial
advantage. The attack is
rarely personal and the
attack on the target
company is nothing more
than a business venture to
make money.
Terrorism With the

world being

connected, the
opportunity exists for
persons in remote
locations to target the
critical infrastructures
of any entity or
 business they wish to
cause extreme harm
to.
Geopolitics A state actor

is a

government agency or
aligned group who
conducts cyber activities
on behalf of that
 government. The motivation
may be to seek the IP
(Internet Protocol) of a
specific industries in
foreign countries to gain a
competitive advantage.
TOOLKIT OF CYBERCRIMINALS
1.Malwares or Malicious Software
a. Backdoor
b. Trojan Horses
c. Virus
d. Computer Worm
e. Bundlers
f. DoS (Denial of Service)
f.1. Denial of Service (DoS) Attack
f.2. Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack
g. Botnet and Zombie (Bots)
h. Spyware
h.1. Keyloggers
h.2. Sniffer

TOOLKIT OF CYBERCRIMINALS
2. Phishing
a. Spoofing
b. Pharming
c. Redirectors
d. Advance-free fraud or 419 fraud
e. Floating windows