New report details the prices within the cybercrime market

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http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/new- ... ag=nl.e550

A newly released report by PandaSecurity entitled “The Cyber-Crime Black Market: Uncovered“, details in depth the dynamic market interactions multiple market participants have with each other, and attributes the successful growth model to the rise of undetected trojan horses and crimeware used to steal financial data from infected users.

Highlights from the study:

• The most common positions within a cybercrime enterprise:
  
  Programmers, Programmers, Tech experts, Hackers, Fraudsters, Hosted systems providers, Cashiers, Money mules, Tellers, Organization Leaders.

• The 8 stages purchasing process:
  
  The product, The contact, Try & Buy, Online testing, Minimum orders and bulk discounts, Specialized online stores, Methods of payment, Customer services and support

From customer support, to discounts for bulk orders of credit card numbers, the cybercrime ecosystem still continues relying on basic economic principles