Quote:Cybercriminals are vying for Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) access, stolen payment cards and DDoS-for-Hire services, based on a recent analysis of underground marketplace pricing.
 
During the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals have profited with “increasingly advantageous positions to benefit from the disruption,” said researchers — and this has also been reflected on underground markets, where new services like targeted ransomware and advanced SIM swapping are popping up.
 
“As a result of COVID-19 and associated global trends, demand for malicious and illicit goods, services and data have reached new peak highs across dark web marketplaces (DWMs),” said researchers in a Friday analysis. “Flashpoint has also observed what can only be described as impressive, shrewd innovation throughout the cybercrime ecosystem.”