Trust in the world of cybercrime

Lusthaus, Jonathan

doi:10.1080/17440572.2012.674183

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“…Therefore, the nicknames are treated like brands (Lusthaus 2012). However, it is important to realise why reputation is needed in the first place.…”

Section: Quality Assurance: Review and Escrowmentioning

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Trust among cybercriminals? Carding forums, uncertainty and implications for policing

Yip

Webber

Shadbolt

2013

Policing and Society

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At the beginning of the 21 st Century, before the power of online social networking became apparent, several studies speculated about the likely structure of organised cybercrime (Mann and Sutton 1998;Brenner 2002). In the light of new data on cybercriminal organisations, this paper sets out to revisit their claims. In collaboration with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), this paper examines the structure of organised cybercrime by analysing data from online underground markets previously in operation over the Internet. In order to understand the various structures of organised cybercrime which have manifested, theories are drawn from social psychology, organised crime and transaction cost economics (TCE). Since the focus is on how uncertainty is mitigated in trading among cybercriminals, uncertainty is treated as a cost to the transactions and is used as the unit of analysis to examine the mechanisms cybercriminals use to control two key sources of uncertainty: the quality of merchandise and the identity of the trader. The findings indicate that carding forums facilitate organised cybercrime because they offer a hybrid form of organisational structure that is able to address sources of uncertainty and minimise transaction costs to an extent that allows a competitive underground market to emerge. The findings from this study can be used to examine other online applications that could facilitate the online underground economy.

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“…Therefore, the nicknames are treated like brands (Lusthaus 2012). However, it is important to realise why reputation is needed in the first place.…”

Section: Quality Assurance: Review and Escrowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trust among cybercriminals? Carding forums, uncertainty and implications for policing

Yip

Webber

Shadbolt

2013

Policing and Society

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“…Our main goal in this study was to analyse the impact of the seller's reputation and capacity on daily drug sales. Theoretically, the article was grounded on previous work done on trust systems (Resnick, 2000;Houser and Wooders, 2006;Décary-Hétu and Leppänen, 2013;Lusthaus, 2012) and previous research showing that the seller's reputation has a positive impact on sales in drug markets (Hardy and Norgaard, 2015). We also consider the seller's daily capacity (i.e., the reported sales potential), which has been shown to have an interaction with consumer behaviour (Yu et al, 2015), but this effect has not previously been studied in a cryptomarket setting.…”

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“…Anonymity directs users' attention to the available features and typically also enforces group behaviour (Keipi and Oksanen, 2014;Spears et al, 2002). Hence, in cryptomarket, trust system is based on both direct feedback and successful communication (Hardy and Norgaard, 2015;Resnick, 2000;Houser and Wooders, 2006;Décary-Hétu and Leppänen, 2013;Lusthaus, 2012). Our hypotheses were grounded on these premises, and we expected that a positive seller reputation would be positively associated with that entity's daily sales.…”

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“…Instability is one of the central features of online drug markets, as most items are sold quickly and the majority of sellers disappear within a few months (Christin, 2013). Hence, there is a need for building "reputation systems" (Resnick, 2000;Houser and Wooders, 2006) or "trust systems" (Lusthaus, 2012) on cryptomarkets. Public user feedback is one of the common parts of such reputation or trust systems.…”

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“…Seller's capacity or promise of a lot of drugs in stock will create positive expectations that will lead to higher sales. It is common for cybercriminals to construct an online identity and create trustworthiness to attract criminal partners (Lusthaus, 2012). Seller's capacity is part of this communication, but it has not been previously studied with regard to cryptomarkets.…”

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Seller’s reputation and capacity on the illicit drug markets: 11-month study on the Finnish version of the Silk Road

Nurmi

Kaskela

Perälä

et al. 2017

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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Aims: This 11-month study analysed illicit drug sales on the anonymous Tor network, with a focus on investigating whether a seller's reputation and capacity increased daily drug sales. Design and setting: The data was gathered from Silkkitie, the Finnish version of the Silk Road, by web crawling the site on a daily basis from November 2014 to September 2015). The data includes information on sellers (n=260) and products (n=3823). Measurements: The measurements include the sellers' reputation, the sale amounts (in euros), the number of available products and the types of drugs sold. The sellers' capacity was measured using their full sales potential (in euros). Fixed-effects regression models were used to estimate the effects of sellers' reputation and capacity; these models were adjusted for the types of drugs sold. Findings: Overall, illicit drug sales totalled over 2 million euros during the study, but many products were not sold at all, and sellers were active for only a short time on average (mean=62.8 days). Among the products sold, stimulants were most widely purchased, followed by cannabis, MDMA, and psychedelics. A seller's reputation and capacity were both associated with drug sales. Conclusion: The Tor network has enabled a transformation in drug sales. Due to the network's anonymity, the seller's reputation and capacity both have an impact on sales.

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Trust in the world of cybercrime

Cited by 64 publications

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Trust among cybercriminals? Carding forums, uncertainty and implications for policing

Trust among cybercriminals? Carding forums, uncertainty and implications for policing

Seller’s reputation and capacity on the illicit drug markets: 11-month study on the Finnish version of the Silk Road

Consumption of Protected Wildlife as Delicacy

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