US Cyber Criminal Underground a Shopping Free-For-All (csoonline.com)

Posted by samzenpus on Monday December 7, 2015 @08:20AM from the name-your-price dept.

itwbennett writes: According to a new report by Trend Micro, the North American cyber criminal underground has "[essentially] become a gun show for everyone as long as they can participate and are willing to pay," said Tom Kellermann, chief cybersecurity officer at Trend Micro. Their research revealed that 15% of underground sites sell offer crimeware and allow criminals to buy a variety of malware and hacking services, such as crypting. It's the hottest-selling item, other than drugs, said Kellermann. In case you're wondering, murder for hire sites make up just 1% of the underground mall.

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Re:Law Enforcement? by ShanghaiBill · 2015-12-07 08:48 · Score: 4, Insightful

Doesn't making it easy for cybercriminals to find your business also make it easy for law enforcement to find your business?
Not if you pay with Bitcoin and download with Tor. Do you really think they pay with a Visa card, and have FedEx deliver a CDROM to the billing address?