Security News > 2021 > July > Dark web ads offering corporate network access increase seven-fold

In its latest research, security specialist Positive Technologies documents how the market enabling initial access to corporate networks has evolved through 2020 and into early 2021, and reveals that the number of 'access-for-sale' ads on the dark web has increased seven-fold compared with previous years.

The company's researchers believe the cybercriminal profile is changing in multiple ways; the profile of an external intruder who gains initial access to a corporate network is different from the criminal who follows through with the attack once inside-most importantly, the two have different skillsets.

The attack on the local network, on the other hand, will be conducted by skilled hackers or cyber-thieves who purchase the access on a dark web forum.

Positive Technologies researchers note that ads promising access on dark web forums increased with each quarter throughout the observed period.

"The market for access to corporate networks has evolved in the past few years," said Vadim Solovyov, Senior Information Security Analyst at Positive Technologies.

Positive Technologies estimates that about $600,000 worth of corporate network access is sold on the dark web on a quarterly basis.

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