Business booms on the dark web as cybercriminals cash in

Activity on dark web marketplaces that trade access to compromised networks has increased dramatically in the last year with sales up 50 percent, according to a new report by the threat research team at Lumu Technologies. Criminal gangs are diversifying their monetization vehicles to extract maximum value from their efforts. Where in the past they would have been selling credit card and bank details, now access to mail servers, networks and more is on offer. Access to remote desktop protocols is particularly attractive. In addition seemingly innocuous threats like cryptojacking, malware is increasingly being used by ransomware operators to probe… [Continue Reading]