Die ganzen Ransomware-Gangs da draussen verdienen ja richtig Geld. Darkside verlangte nette 4 Millionen Dollar vom Betreiber der Colonia Pipeline. Aber was kostet eigentlich so ein Cyber-Angriff in der Durchführung? Was sind die laufenden Kosten für Cyber-Operationen? Was kostet Personal? Wie teuer ist die Entwicklung von Schadsoftware? Über all diese Fragen wissen wir in der Forschung ziemlich wenig. Kriminelle und Cyberkommandos sind wenig gesprächig, wenn es um das Thema Kosten geht. Aus dem Staatshaushalt kann man das auch nicht rauslesen. Deswegen näheren wir uns in dieser Folge mal dem Thema an und machen Reverse Engineering: Wir definieren ein paar Grundannahmen und gucken darüber, welche Komponenten Cyber-Operationen so brauchen und welchen Einfluss bestimmte Aspekte wie Dauer, Teamgröße und Auswahl von Schadsoftware auf den Preis hat. Um das ganze etwas besser nachzuvollziehen hat ein Kollege von mir ein Tool gebaut, mit dem man die Kosten für verschiedene Angriffskampagnen modellieren kann. Viel Spaß damit!

Shownotes

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