Phishing and stealers dominate dark web forums (but don't mention ransomware)

The malware types and hacking services most discussed over the last year on dark web forums are dominated by phishing, stealers, zero-day attacks, and ransomware. But the 2021 Year-End Data Breach Report from Risk Based Security finds discussing ransomware has been widely banned on major forums as evidenced by referring to ransomware offerings as 'crypters' or 'lockers' to avoid the post or account getting immediately banned. The most popular access types advertised for sale on forums are admin- or user-level access for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP), virtual private network (VPN) and content management systems (CMS). According to the report 22… [Continue Reading]