Recently, there has been an increase in sites on the darknet., specializing in insider trading, possessing which you can manipulate stock markets and sell access to corporate systems and resources. It is reported by the ZDNet edition.
Such conclusions are contained in a recent report , prepared by RedOwl and Intsights, specialized in cybersecurity.
So, over the past two years, cases of discussion of issues have almost doubled on forums, related to trading insider information: as of the end 2016 the year, researchers have counted almost a thousand mentions of this.
“A trading platform was created on the darknet with ready-made buyers and intermediaries., contributing to the monetization of insider actions. Also, the darknet encourages criminal activity of employees of company personnel., providing an opportunity to receive a monetary reward for it without much risk of being exposed ", - says the report.
As noted in RedOwl, administrators of such resources try to run their business as quietly as possible: sites are hosted on foreign hosting, no logs are recorded, and also uses secure operating systems.
Often, many also need to earn membership in these peculiar clubs.: administrators are ready to provide it only to those persons, who can really offer noteworthy information.
Interest club
So, on the Kick Ass Marketplace forum registration of new members is limited until then, until they can confirm, that they have access to privileged information. The membership itself is paid and costs $820.
According to the owner of the forum, individual club members earn more than $5000 per month, trading illegally disclosed data, for example, stolen credit card numbers. The forum is also popular among those wishing to receive insider information from stock exchanges and the Forex market..
Over the past two years, researchers have tracked about five posts per week and transactions totaling $32 000. All of them, as it most often happens on the darknet, paid with bitcoins.
Those who want to make money on information are also provided with the necessary tools.. For example, administrators can supply users, working in financial services, samples of malicious code, so that they can quickly collect the necessary information, without any special knowledge.
Besides, researchers say, insiders are given the opportunity to carry out cyberattacks together with experienced hackers.
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