Russian Business Network Study [PDF]

There are some places in the world where life is dangerous. Internet has some dark zones too and RBN is one of them. RBN stands for Russian Business Network and it’s a nebulous organisation which aims to fulfil cyber crime.

This document brings some enlightenment on RBN activities and tries to detail how it works. Indeed RBN has many constituents and it’s hard to have a precise idea on the goal of some of them and the way they’re linked with other constituents.

There are some countermeasures available but none makes sense for home user or even companies. Only ISPs, IXPs and internet regulators can help mitigating risks originating from RBN and other malicious groups.