030 A Look Into the Thriving Dark Web Criminal Market

The recent Equifax breach highlights the vulnerability of our personal data online, and serves as a reminder that there’s an active, thriving, global criminal market for that sort of information. In this episode of the Recorded Future podcast we return to the dark web, with Recorded Future’s director of advanced collection, Andrei Barysevich as our guide. He’ll separate fact from fiction, and help us gain a better understanding of the mysterious and increasingly volatile world of the online criminal underground. What sorts of information and services are actually available for purchase in these markets, how does law enforcement respond, and what are the challenges of gathering threat intelligence in an environment where trust and anonymity are the coins of the realm?