Security News > 2023 > January > Cybercrime job ads on the dark web pay up to $20k per month
Cybercrime groups are increasingly running their operations as a business, promoting jobs on the dark web that offer developers and hackers competitive monthly salaries, paid time off, and paid sick leaves.
In a new report by Kaspersky, which analyzed 200,000 job ads posted on 155 dark websites between March 2020 and June 2022, hacking groups and APT groups seek to hire mainly software developers, offering very competitive packages to entice them.
The highest-paying job seen by Kaspersky's analysts included a monthly salary of $20,000, while ads for capable attack specialists topped at $15,000/per month.
These "Employment" packages are quite competitive compared to similar positions in legal job markets and could attract unemployed professionals or young IT graduates who are having trouble finding a job.
In characteristic examples spotted by Kaspersky, one job posting promised to pay candidates roughly $300 in BTC for a test assignment.
As cybercrime enterprises adopt business-like operations, we will continue to see the dark web as a recruiting tool for threat actors looking for a stable income.
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