Data Management On Current Dark Web Activity And Cybercrime Prevention

Cyber attackers are constantly updating their tactics, techniques and procedures used to launch increasingly complex attacks that can cause image, financial or even strategic damage to victims. Communication and interaction between members of the international hacking community allows them to stay abreast of the latest developments in the field and implement their cyber attack plans. Cybercrime forums are the ideal environment for cyber actors, as they can interact anonymously, offer malware applications, tools, discovered vulnerabilities for sale, or recruit other members to organize and run large cyber campaigns. The marketing of malware applications at the level of cybercrime forums is an advantage for the cyber actors who are part of that community, as it allows them to purchase ready-made applications, saving them the effort of developing others from scratch. At the same time, the constant marketing of some malware applications to cyber actors with advanced capabilities and knowledge also leads to the development of new variants of the same application, more efficient and adapted to the latest security updates.