Cybercriminal Underground

While cybercriminals seem to be shying away from data theft to outright extortion as their main revenue source (cue in ransomware), stealing personal information and using or selling it for further cybercriminal acts is still a serious problem.

Some of the more notable facts and numbers taken from the Trend Micro research into the French underground.

This research into the French underground offers a look into a small market that, unlike the North American underground, is well-hidden in the Dark Web.

Do cybercriminals use offshore companies to hide ill-gotten gains? A look into various underground communities show that these services are being offered to cybercriminals too.

An interactive map that shows how each cybercriminal underground scene in each region differ from another: from accessibility, to identity, and product service offerings.

2015 laid the groundwork for what we can now consider the new status quo in cybersecurity. Will current security strategies hold against this existing paradigm or will organizations need to consider a change?

Details of the different regional underground scenes we visited in 2015. Find out why we say the cybercriminal underground is not a huge global conglomerate, but rather a wide-ranging cluster of specialized “branches” that cater to specific needs.

This interactive map shows how diverse the cybercriminal underground economy is, with different markets that are as unique as the country or region that it caters to.

The global cybercrime underground mirrors the globe: it's made up of a patchwork of different countries and unique cultures. See how the cybercrime underground markets truly differ.