Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team monitors the darknet to help companies track cybercriminal discussions and other types of activities to prevent incidents and mitigate risks related to data leaks.
For expensive or untypical cases, cybercriminals still engage a human intermediary. It can be a human or an automatic system, developed to speed up and simplify relatively typical deals. When closing any transaction, such as buying databases, accounts, initial corporate accesses, etc., they use intermediary services of escrow agents. How such business is done on the darknet is described in a new report by Kaspersky Digital Footprint Intelligence team.Ĭybercriminals active on the darknet care about their own security, and do not want to become a victim of their “colleagues”.
However, the deal can still fail for various reasons, including those related to escrow scams. They partner with cybercriminals who want to sell or buy data, services, or conclude a partnership – usually earning from three to 15 percent of the transaction. Escrow agents are third-party intermediaries involved in such deals to control the fulfillment of agreements and reduce the risks of cheating.
The latest Kaspersky research reveals cybercriminals posted more than 1 million messages mentioning escrow services on the darknet in 2020-2022.
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