The cost of one minute of fake video on the dark web starts at $300, Kaspersky Lab experts have found out. The company analyzed various forums about the dark web, both Russian-speaking and international, and found out how the market for such dark webs works. services.
Judging by published reports, the cost of creating one minute of such a video is from $300 to $20 thousand, depending on the complexity of the material. Such videos can serve a variety of purposes, from political manipulation to cyberbullying and revenge, according to Kaspersky Lab.
To create a professional persuasive video today, high skills and modern software are required. At the same time, the demand significantly exceeds the supply.
cryptofraud
The use of so-called crypto flows or fake cryptocurrency giveaways is a common scam scheme. Attackers take old videos with celebrities and launch online broadcasts based on them, where on behalf of a famous person they are asked to transfer cryptocurrency and promise multiple wins.
pornographic videos
The dark web not only offers services for creating such videos, but also develops instructions for generating them. As a rule, pornographic videos are used to blackmail or harass.
Late last year, it was reported that NRU ITMO was developing the technology to detect lies and fake videos.
Author:
Natalia Gormaleva
Source: RB
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