Cybercriminals
continue applying basic market segmentation concepts, to their
underground market propositions, to further ensure, that, they're
capable of targeting the right audience, potentially generating
hundreds of thousands of fraudulently generating revenues in the
process.
From
basic, malware as a service underground market propositions, offering
access to country, city, ISP based type of malware-infected hosts, to
cybercrime-friendly services, offering access to malware-infected
hosts converted to anonymization proxies, to further target
additional market segments, within the cybercrime ecosystem,
cybercriminals continue to utilize basic market segmentation
concepts, based on the targeted population.
In
this post, we'll discuss a newly launched managed service, offering
access to POS (Point of Sale) terminals, further empowering, both,
novice, and sophisticated cybercriminals, with the necessary access
to commit related fraudulent activities.
The
service is currently offering access to POS (Point of Sale)
terminals, located, in the United States, Canada, Australia, United
Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany, priced between $30 and $50 for
access to a POS (Point of Sale) terminal.
Cybercriminals,
continue relying on basic data mining concepts, while utilizing the
overall target population, further, ensuring that their
market-relevant propositions, while, continuing to generate fraudulent revenues, in, the, process.
We
expect to continue observing an increase in underground market
propositions, utilizing basic market segmentation concepts, further
positioning, both, novice, and experienced market leaders, as
relevant and competitive market participants, potentially generating
tens of thousands of fraudulently obtained assets in the process.
