Revealed: The Supermarkets That Will Sell You Malware For $50

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 Researchers reveal the true, and truly surprising, cost of cybercrime.

If you think that organized crime syndicates with master hackers doing the bidding of a "capo dei capi" Mafia figure are the order of the cybercrime day, think again.

While there are, no doubt, multiple organized crime organizations involved in everything from phishing and fraud through to hacking and extortion, the day-to-day reality is a lot more mundane.

New research, published today, reveals the real reason why there is so much cybercrime: finding, buying and deploying malware, ransomware and more has never been easier or cheaper. 

Darknet forums have become the online supermarkets of cybercrime, stacking the criminal tools high and selling them cheap.

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