Presented at
Hackfest 2016,
Nov. 5, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
(Unknown duration).
The aims of this presentation are twofold. The first is to present an open-source tool we developed that analyzes all of the bitcoin transactions and regroups bitcoin addresses based on their incoming and outgoing transactions. This allows for a more accurate mapping of individuals' online activities no matter how many bitcoin addresses they are using.
The second aim of this presentation is to provide real world use cases for the tool to better understand online illicit activities. To do so, we will present two case studies of extortion scams and online drug dealing. Each case will follow the growth of the illicit activities through time and the strategies used to manage the incoming bitcoins.
Presenters:
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Mathieu Lavoie
David Décary-Hétu
Prof. Décary-Hétu has a Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Montreal. He has worked as a Senior Scientist at the School of Criminal Sciences of the Université de Lausanne before his current position as an Assistant Professor at the School of Criminology of the University of Montreal. His thesis focused on the impact of the Internet on crime as well as how offenders have adapted to the virtual environment. Prof. Décary-Hétu has since continued his research on online illicit markets and is now particularly interested in cryptomarkets, 2nd generation online illicit markets. He has developed the DATACRYPTO tool that he uses to collect large amounts of information on cryptomarket participants. His research goals are to better understand the structure of markets and the social network of actors who participate in them as well as to understand the performance in the context of online illicit markets. To achieve these objectives, Prof. Décary-Hétu uses a quantitative approach that takes advantage of big data, data mining and social network analysis. The results of his research, funded by both the provincial and federal governments, have been published in journals such as the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, have been presented at numerous conferences and have been disseminated to a wide audience in a number of interviews with the media.
Mathieu Lavoie
Graduated from ETS, Mathieu works as a pentester for a large financial institution.He previously worked as a malware researcher at ESET and as a computer security freelancer. During his free time, he is an avid participant to many CTFs with others gin addicted from DCIETS where he developed a deep love-hate relationship with Crypto Challenges or DEFCON's so-called ""Web"" Challenges. As such he was multiple times a finalist at the CSAW competition, and can even be seen somewhere on their website (no points for this flag) He speak at some security conferences including the first NorthSec and HOPE conference.
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David Décary-Hétu
David Décary-Hétu
Prof. Décary-Hétu has a Ph.D. in criminology from the University of Montreal. He has worked as a Senior Scientist at the School of Criminal Sciences of the Université de Lausanne before his current position as an Assistant Professor at the School of Criminology of the University of Montreal. His thesis focused on the impact of the Internet on crime as well as how offenders have adapted to the virtual environment. Prof. Décary-Hétu has since continued his research on online illicit markets and is now particularly interested in cryptomarkets, 2nd generation online illicit markets. He has developed the DATACRYPTO tool that he uses to collect large amounts of information on cryptomarket participants. His research goals are to better understand the structure of markets and the social network of actors who participate in them as well as to understand the performance in the context of online illicit markets. To achieve these objectives, Prof. Décary-Hétu uses a quantitative approach that takes advantage of big data, data mining and social network analysis. The results of his research, funded by both the provincial and federal governments, have been published in journals such as the Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, have been presented at numerous conferences and have been disseminated to a wide audience in a number of interviews with the media.
Mathieu Lavoie
Graduated from ETS, Mathieu works as a pentester for a large financial institution.He previously worked as a malware researcher at ESET and as a computer security freelancer. During his free time, he is an avid participant to many CTFs with others gin addicted from DCIETS where he developed a deep love-hate relationship with Crypto Challenges or DEFCON's so-called ""Web"" Challenges. As such he was multiple times a finalist at the CSAW competition, and can even be seen somewhere on their website (no points for this flag) He speak at some security conferences including the first NorthSec and HOPE conference.
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