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Threat actor selling sophisticated Android malware
For just $300, purchasers can use malware to gain access to Android devices.
Dark web market listings for counterfeit banknotes up 91% last year
Over the past year, there has been an approximately 91% increase in posts advertising counterfeit banknotes to underground cybercrime markets.
Threat actor auctions access to four e-commerce sites
For opening bid of $3000, purchasers can gain access to shops’ checkout pages and databases.
ChatGPT's dark side: Cybercriminals create malware, target victims using revolutionary AI tool
Cybercriminals are using the AI tool to develop malware, create phishing campaigns, and conduct other malicious operations.
Android malware is proliferating on dark web markets
In 2022, listings on illicit internet markets selling Android malware rose by 182%.
As Twitter users migrate to Mastodon, threat actors are taking notice
Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter prompted mass migration to a social network called Mastodon. What is it, and what does it mean for the cyber threat intelligence community?
No account ability: A spike in the sale of “aged” e-commerce accounts threatens holiday shopping
Scammers are purchasing e-commerce accounts on the deep and dark web in unprecedented numbers to enable fraudulent transactions.
Reshaping the threat landscape in 2023: Cybersixgill announces top trends in cybersecurity
Partnerships Between Criminal Groups, Geopolitics, Economic Pressures, and AI Combine to Reshape and Create New Collaborative Forces in the Coming Year and Beyond
Here’s how scammers commit refund fraud to steal from retailers
A tactic called refunding is growing in popularity. On underground forums scammers share how they make cash by defrauding retailers.
Hacker home run: This is how people are buying stolen sports streaming passwords on the underground
Pro sports streaming accounts are available on the dark web for less than peanuts and Cracker Jacks.
How gift cards are used to launder money
Underground actors buy and sell gift cards on dark web markets to wash dirty money
Generating “grift” cards is free cash for cybercriminals
How underground actors use automated tools to create valid gift card codes.
If you think ransomware attacks come from stealth basement operators – then think again.
Every business, from small and medium-sized businesses to international conglomerates, is a ransomware target. Here is all you need to know about ransomware as a service (RaaS) and the sophistication of the Dark Web businesses behind it.
Ransomware and Wholesale Access Markets: A $10 investment can lead to millions in profit
Major ransomware attacks can start with endpoint access purchased for cheap by bad actors on underground markets.
Breaking the Russian boycott
Russian dark web actors use underground markets to move money and purchase illicit goods, despite the Western embargo.