The underground Russian cybercrime market is evolving. Malware prices have fallen, while the sophistication level of products and services continue to rise – they now include translation and anti-spam proofing features.
That's according to the Dallas-based Trend Micro report "Russian Underground 2.0," which tracked and analyzed 78 forums, each with as many as 20,000 members.
The Russian underground is a place where cybercriminals can shop for all kinds of products and services that aid them in crafting and implementing malicious schemes.
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Roy Urrico
Roy W. Urrico specializes in articles about financial technology and services for Credit Union Times, as well as ghostwriting, copywriting, and case studies. Also: writer/editor of a semi-annual newsletter for Association for Financial Technology since 1997 and history projects funded by the U.S Interior Department, National Park Service and Warren County (N.Y.).
