Security News > 2020 > December > Dark Web Pricing Skyrockets for Microsoft RDP Servers, Payment-Card Data

"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," said researchers in a Friday analysis.

Upon a deep-dive investigation into the underground marketplace, researchers found that the pricing for stolen payment cards has soared in 2020; jumping from $14.64 in 2019 to $20.16 in 2020.

Researchers said that payment-card data pricing varies and is typically influenced by "Freshness", country of origin, availability of track 1 and track 2 magnetic strip data and expiration date.

On underground marketplaces in 2020, researchers found that RDP access pricing varies - global admin access costs $10, while hacked RDP costs $35. Researchers noted that 2020 listings for RDP server access are less specialized, and cater to a broader audience.

DDoS-for-hire pricing appears to be on the rise since 2017, said researchers.

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https://threatpost.com/rdp-server-access-payment-card-data-in-high-cybercrime-demand/162476/