The phrase “snake eating snake” has entered the hacker world. Sophos experts noted the following after the investigation on cybercrime forums: cybercriminals deceiving each other and fighting for millions of dollars🇧🇷
Cybersecurity experts studied two Russian and one English forums for a year. The former offered access as a service, while the latter specialized in data leakage. In all of them there were rooms for resolving disputes.
Nearly 600 scams were investigated and resulted in more than $2.5 million in loss threats. Claims ranged from US$2 to US$160,000, from R$2 to R$830,000. Despite the “courts”, the chaos between the parties continued.
“When investigating cybercrime scams, we come across a whole sub-economy that includes not only low-level criminals but also some of the most prominent ransomware groups. And these scams aren’t always just financially motivated.“, senior threat researcher Matt Wixey explained.
Personal fights and rivalries are very common, according to the Sophos expert. “We also found cases where scammers scammed scammers,” the researcher added. further evaluated HEArbitration processes in forums can be used by law enforcement to understand and defend against cybercriminals.🇧🇷
“As criminals often have to present a lot of evidence when reporting scams they are victims of, they provide a wealth of tactical and strategic information about your operationssomething that was a hitherto untapped resource,” Wixey added.
For this reason, it was observed that the reports gave an inside view of the invaders’ priorities, rivalries and alliances. It turns out that hackers are vulnerable to the same types of scams used against their victims.
Source: Tec Mundo
