Security News > 2021 > February > 4 ways to defend against the Dark Web's cybercrime ecosystem, according to MIT researchers

The Dark Web allows cybercriminals to create a Cyber Attacks-as-a-Service ecosystem that outmaneuvers security defenses.

Cybersecurity researchers Keman Huang, Michael Siegel, Keri Pearlson and Stuart Madnick in their paper Casting the Dark Web in a New Light, published in the MIT Sloan Management Review, asked whether attackers-who more often than not are one or two steps ahead of cyberdefenders-are more technically adept, or is it something else? The paper was written in 2019, but the material is as relevant now as it was then, and maybe even more so.

Using Harvard Business School professor Michael E. Porter's Value Chain Model, the researchers determined that the dark web is what Porter calls a value-chain system, and they consider it the culprit.

Defenders can flood the cyber-attack ecosystem with deceptive services, making the dark web less attractive for cybercriminals seeking to purchase services."

The MIT researchers see cybercrime evolving into a criminal business and value-chain ecosystem having global range.

If you want to learn more about the Dark Web, read these TechRepublic articles: How cybercriminals are now exploiting COVID-19 vaccines, How to protect your personal data from being sold on the Dark Web, Fraud guides a hot commodity on the dark web and How much malware tools sell for on the Dark Web.

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