April 14, 2023 By Karl Greenberg
A new report from cyberthreat intelligence company Cybersixgill sees threat actors swarming to digital bazaars to collaborate, buy and sell malware and credentials.
Threat actors are consolidating their use of encrypted messaging platforms, initial access brokers and generative AI models, according to security firm Cybersixgill’s new report, The State of the Cybercrime Underground 2023. This report notes this is lowering the barriers to entry into cybercrime and “streamlining the weaponization and execution of ransomware attacks.”
The study is built upon 10 million posts on encrypted platforms and other kinds of data dredged up from the deep, dark and clear web. Brad Liggett, director of threat intel, North America, at Cybersixgill, defined those terms: