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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Any proof murder for hire is a real thing? by swb · 2015-12-07 08:29 · Score: 3, Interesting

About the only time I ever hear about contract killings is when people get arrested trying to hire somebody to commit murder on their behalf. It never works, they always seem to get caught. As they say, good help is hard to find.
Have there been any actual killings attributed to a murder for hire website? It sounds like a scam.