Jihadism And Internet Crime

Over on AppScout there's a post about a presentation about online jihadists. Much of it is not security-related, in the usual computer security sense, but it's all fascinating and there is one relevant point.

"Verisign hasn't found evidence that jihadists have gained access to the most serious and effective carding communities. But they are making a concerted effort to do so," [Security expert Mohammad Hluchan] said in a PowerPoint slide during his presentation. "There is mounting evidence that the worlds might be merging, with jihadists turning into cyber criminals," he said.

Yikes! That's a scary thought. Perhaps if real people and real banks get hit in their pocketbooks by jihadists it will affect the level of priority we all feel about the problems of Internet crime.