Chapter 9: Complexities in Cybercrime

• Most hackers never get caught because there aren't enough investigators to investigate the attack and the individuals who actually investigate the crime are behind in their abilities and expertise compare to the hacker. 
• Within the United States, local law enforcement departments, the FBI, and the Secret Service investigate computer crimes.
• Also, hackers hide their identity by using innocent people's computers to cary out the brimes for them. The attacker install malicious software on a computer that stays dormant until the attacker tells it what system to attack and when.
• Zombies are the compromised systems.
• Bots are the software installed on the zombies.
• Botnet is a term to describe several compromised systems.
• You can visit www.cybercrime.gov to find all the current and pass prosecuted cyber crimes that have taken place int he United States.