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Web Stalkers
Chapter 8 -
Identity Theft
Virtual Identity Theft
In contrast to the previously mentioned
information gathering methods, electronic-based theft does not
require physical proximity to the victim. The Internet has made the
world smaller, thus criminals can now reach their victims without
leaving their state, much less their house.
Network Sniffing Tools
Network sniffing is a process by which a device
can monitor the communication on a given network; much like a dog
sniffing the trees to determine whom else has been there.
Legitimate reasons for network sniffing would
include technicians troubleshooting a network problem. There are a
large number of tools available to do this, including tcpdump,
ethereal and others. Unfortunately, the use of these tools for
network sniffing is not just limited to authorized technicians. The
identity thief can use these tools to copy all communication that
comes and goes from a PC. With a little technical know-how, from
these packets of information they can extract details about the web
pages visited by the user.
Figure 8.1 - An example of Network
Sniffer logs
Figure 8.1 shows raw data gathered by a network
or packet sniffer such as tcpdump. While this may be
uninteresting data to most people, to the identity thief this small
snippet of the log file generated tells them that their future
victim is probably an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball fan.
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