Lure of cybercrime leads security professionals to become 'gray hats'

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Lure of cybercrime leads security professionals to become 'gray hats'
August 08, 2018
https://betanews.com/2018/08/08/cybercrime-security-professionals-gray-hats/

The attractions and profitability of the digital underworld are leading some security practitioners to become 'gray hats' and get involved in cybercrime according to a new report from Malwarebytes.

The study carried out by Osterman Research finds that in the UK as many as one in 13 security professionals are perceived to be gray hats. Globally, mid-sized organizations (those with 500 to 999 employees) are getting squeezed the hardest, and this is where the skills shortage, and the allure of becoming a gray hat, may be greatest.

"A lot of these guys are age 17 to 25 and take the attitude, 'I don’t see a problem with this, or I need to make more money,' so they turn to black hat activity," says Adam Kujawa, director of malware intelligence at Malwarebytes.

You can read more about the results in the full report available from the Malwarebytes website.
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Report (PDF): https://resources.malwarebytes.com/files/2018/08/USA-White-Hat-Black-Hat-and-the-Emergence-of-the-Gray-Hat-The-True-Costs-of-Cybercrime_Sponsored-by-Malwarebytes.pdf

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