Cybercrime-as-a-Service – A Very Modern Business

By Vishak Raman on 7 March, 2013

Cybercrime business includes a complete range of deliverables, from attack tools and methods, consulting, services, advertising, and a myriad of programs that serve as the ‘product.’

Cybercrime business includes a complete range of deliverables, from attack tools and methods, consulting, services, advertising, and a myriad of programs that serve as the `product'. The more features or the more complex the service offered, the higher the price. A worrying new phrase has entered the lexicon of cybercrime - Crime-as-a-Service (CaaS). While the term is self-explanatory it more than adequately describes how cybercrime in the 21st Century has become commoditised. 

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Just as with any other business, there are products and services available to be sold to customers. These include; Consulting services such as botnet setup ($350-$400); Infection/spreading services (~$100 per 1K installs); Botnets and Rentals - Distributed Denial of Service or DDoS ($535 for 5 hours per day for one week), email spam ($40 / 20K emails) and Web spam ($2/30 posts); Crimeware Upgrade Modules. SpyEye Modules as an example, range anywhere from $500 upwards to $10K. SpyEye is a prolific banking botnet that emerged in 2010 and can be upgraded to enable advanced features for money laundering.

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