Next Generation Dark Markets? Think Amazon or eBay for criminals

guest · Dec 10, 2018

Next Generation Dark Markets? Think Amazon or eBay for criminals
December 10, 2018
https://www.welivesecurity.com/2018/12/10/next-generation-dark-markets-amazon-ebay-criminals/

Are you in the market for stolen data? How about some tools to help you steal data or make money by hijacking other people’s computers? Well you’re in luck. It is now easier than ever to engage in cybercrime thanks to “next generation” dark markets.

Items for sale include malicious code for crimes like stealing information and cryptocurrency, illicitly logging keystrokes, and stealthily generating cryptocurrency (cryptojacking). You can see that ransomware and denial of service products are also on offer.
What’s Next Gen about today’s cybercrime markets?
[...] the degree to which dark markets have embraced the same technologies and techniques as legitimate online businesses, from customer reviews and branding to the machinery of marketing, like banner ad campaigns.

The impression you get is that engaging in cybercrime is a legitimate – if slightly edgy – business proposition; and in some parts of the world that is how it is perceived.
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Beyonder · Dec 10, 2018

Clicked the thread expecting to see a drug version of eBay. Imagine my disappointment!

Anyway, aren't there already sites like this on the darknet?

Minimalist · Jan 23, 2019

The Evolution of Darknets

To prevent the problems of customer binding, and losing business when darknet markets go down, merchants have begun to leave the specialized and centralized platforms and instead ventured to use widely accessible technology to build their own communications and operational back-ends.
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/01/the_evolution_o.html

guest · May 21, 2019

The dark web ‘is becoming a lawless Amazon for crime’
May 21, 2019
https://metro.co.uk/2019/05/21/the-dark-web-is-becoming-an-amazon-for-crime-for-millions-9282982/

Now, all you need to do to make an illicit purchase is load up a special browser and log onto hidden marketplaces which sell everything from hacked Netflix accounts to super-strength crack cocaine.

The rapid increase in the size and scope of the dark web has led experts to warn that it’s set to become an illicit shadow ‘Amazon of crime’ where illegal products and services are just a few clicks away.
Hackers now tend to congregate in hidden communities only accessible to members recommended by other users or by paying an entry fee.
Welcome to the dark side
But as technology has developed, it’s become much easier for people to log onto this secret world.
‘You can learn a lot on the dark web. Once you’ve bought a hacked Netflix account, you might start reading about what else you could do.
‘It’s a gateway drug that could eventually lead to much more dangerous conduct.’
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