Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime
Hackers: Crime in the Digital Sublime
A multifaceted approach to understanding the botnet phenomenon
Proceedings of the 6th ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement
An inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of internet miscreants
Proceedings of the 14th ACM conference on Computer and communications security
Techcrafters and Makecrafters: A Comparison of Two Populations of Hackers
WISTDCS '08 Proceedings of the 2008 WOMBAT Workshop on Information Security Threats Data Collection and Sharing
Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State
Cyberthreats: The Emerging Fault Lines of the Nation State
An analysis of underground forums
Proceedings of the 2011 ACM SIGCOMM conference on Internet measurement conference
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Malicious software is increasingly used by hackers and attackers in order to acquire sensitive information and compromise various systems. The sophistication of these tools has increased to such a point that individuals now sell various programs and services through electronic markets where data can be bought and sold. There is, however, minimal research examining the social dynamics that structure the relationships between buyers and sellers and the nature of the market dynamics overall. This study addresses this gap in the literature through a qualitative investigation of a sample of threads from 10 publicly accessible Russian web forums that facilitate the distribution of malware and attack tools. The findings indicate that price, customer service, and trust influence the relationships between actors in this market and influence the nature of exchanges in these forums.