Security News > 2021 > February > Dark web analysis shows high demand for hackers

Positive Technologies' experts have analyzed the ten most active forums on the dark web, which offer services for hacking websites, buying and selling databases, and accessing web resources.

The research discovered that in 90% of cases, users of dark web forums will search for hackers who can provide them with access to a particular resource or who can download a user database.

"Positive Technologies analyst, Yana Yurakova said:"Since March 2020, we have noticed a surge of interest in website hacking, which is seen by the increase in the number of ads on forums on the dark web.

People on dark web forums also look for hackers who can place malware on a web resource or ones who can hack a website in order to delete particular data located on it, seen in four percent and three percent of ads respectively.

"Positive Technologies Senior Information Security Analyst, Vadim Solovyov said:"Insufficient web application security and the ability of criminals to easily find an experienced hacker or a ready-made tool for hacking a web resource pose an undoubted threat to both users and companies.

"To protect your company, you should adhere to the principles of secure development and use automated source code analysis tools to search for errors and vulnerabilities. It is essential to regularly evaluate your web application security and to use a web application firewall for proactive protection against attacks."

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