Then and Now: On the Maturity of the Cybercrime Markets The Lesson That Black-Hat Marketeers Learned

摘要: Cybercrime activities are supported by infrastructures and services originating from an underground economy. The current understanding of this phenomenon is that the cybercrime economy ought to be fraught with information asymmetry adverse selection problems. They should make effects we observe every day impossible sustain. In paper, show market structure design used cyber criminals have evolved toward a similar legitimate, thriving, online forum markets such as eBay. We illustrate evolution comparing regulatory mechanisms two markets: 1) failed for credit cards other illegal goods 2) another, extremely active marketplace vulnerabilities, exploits, attacks in general. comparison shows unruly, scam scammers mature, regulated greatly favors trade efficiency.