Security News > 2021 > August > The consumerization of the Cybercrime-as-a-Service market

A diverse range of cybercrime offerings caters to anyone with sufficient cryptocurrency: from access brokers who sell pilfered credentials for compromised accounts, to bullet proof hosting providers that can deliver reliable and anonymous infrastructure to conduct offensive criminal cyber operations.

The discerning cybercrime operator in 2021 can build customized toolchains out of composable microservices and off-the-shelf solutions, tailoring attacks, and repurposing compromises for a variety of criminal endeavours.

The sophistication of the criminal services has also improved: self-service and turnkey deployments have become common, and enterprise-grade service level agreements available.

While CCaaS has democratized effective offensive cyber capabilities and made them available to a wider variety of criminal operators, there is a silver lining: more criminals are using the same tools and infrastructure.

Just as attackers are conducting big game hunting for targets such as Managed Service Providers that will allow them to hit multiple victims at once, law enforcement are increasingly focusing on CCaaS vendors, allowing them to observe and gather evidence on the entire criminal customer base.

The consumerization of cybercrime means that criminals now have professional quality tools readily at their disposal.

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