Cybercriminal Underground

Hype vs. Reality: AI in the Cybercriminal Underground

August 15, 2023

This report discusses the state of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in the cybercriminal underground: how cybercriminals are using ChatGPT, how they're adding ChatGPT features to their criminal products, and how they’re trying to remove censorship to ask ChatGPT anything.

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From Bounty to Exploit: Cybercriminals Use Crowdsourcing for New Attacks
October 20, 2022
From articles to hackathons, cybercriminals are resorting to crowdsourcing to find more ways to exploit systems. In this article, we tackle these contests, explore their results, and anticipate their possible impacts on the work of cybersecurity defenders.
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Looking Into the Void: Probing a Top Bulletproof Hosting Service
August 24, 2022
Cybercriminal groups cannot operate independently. To keep their operations up and running, they need specific services provided by third parties. We investigate one such business that has been integral to the activities of a number of high-profile gangs.
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Metaworse? The Trouble with the Metaverse
August 08, 2022
Innovators are diving into a new and immersive virtual space, but with new technology comes new threats. We bring forward possible problematic issues that metaverse pioneers should be wary of.
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Investigating the Emerging Access-as-a-Service Market
November 30, 2021
We examine an emerging business model that involves access brokers selling direct access to organizations and stolen credentials to other malicious actors.
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The Far-Reaching Attacks of the Void Balaur Cybermercenary Group
November 10, 2021
Our research paper takes a close look at the cybermercenary group Void Balaur's services, activities, and targets.
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Trends and Shifts in the Underground N-Day Exploit Market
July 13, 2021
Our two-year research provides insights into the life cycle of exploits, the types of exploit buyers and sellers, and the business models that are reshaping the underground exploit market.
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Cybercriminal ‘Cloud of Logs’: The Emerging Underground Business of Selling Access to Stolen Data
November 16, 2020
We take a closer look at an emerging underground market that is driven by malicious actors who sell access to a gargantuan amount of stolen data, frequently advertised in the underground as “cloud of logs."
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Cybercriminals Gamble With Victims' Livelihoods To Pass the Covid-19 Blues
October 12, 2020
Our underground monitoring revealed several ways how criminals have been entertaining themselves during isolation, with normal activities that offer cyber-crime-related prizes.
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Inside the Bulletproof Hosting Business: Cybercriminal Methods and OpSec
October 06, 2020
Bulletproof hosting (BPH) services have long been crucial parts of the cybercriminal infrastructure. How do they protect malicious activities, and how do cybercriminals use them to stay in business?
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Cybercriminal Underground

Hype vs. Reality: AI in the Cybercriminal Underground

From Bounty to Exploit: Cybercriminals Use Crowdsourcing for New Attacks

Looking Into the Void: Probing a Top Bulletproof Hosting Service

Metaworse? The Trouble with the Metaverse

Investigating the Emerging Access-as-a-Service Market

The Far-Reaching Attacks of the Void Balaur Cybermercenary Group

Trends and Shifts in the Underground N-Day Exploit Market

Cybercriminal ‘Cloud of Logs’: The Emerging Underground Business of Selling Access to Stolen Data

Cybercriminals Gamble With Victims' Livelihoods To Pass the Covid-19 Blues

Inside the Bulletproof Hosting Business: Cybercriminal Methods and OpSec

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