Symantec's report on economy detailing how the activity of spammers, cyber crime has become a profitable business that moves millions of dollars.
The total value of all goods advertised on underground economy servers during the 12 months that the report, from July 2007 until June 2008, amounting to 276 million dollars. This figure has been determined by calculating the actual prices of goods and services, and by measuring how much the advertisers could win if they sold all their inventory.
The credit card information has been announced within the category most of this market, attracting 31 per cent of the total of all ads. Symantec has estimated that for every credit card sold for between 0.10 and 25 U.S. dollars, has drawn about half of $ 4,000. Adding the potential value of all credit cards will be announced around 5300 got millions of dollars. In addition, information on credit cards is sold at wholesale, discounted or free numbers if purchased large quantities.
Bank accounts are the second category of goods and services advertised, with 20 percent of the total. The selling price of each account varies between 10 and 1000 dollars, but the draw to come up cybercrime $ 40,000. Symantec says that information on bank accounts is popular due to its high potential for making payments and the speed at which they can be made. " According to the company, you can withdraw cash from bank accounts from locations impossible to trace in less than 15 minutes.
The location of the underground economy varies geographically coin very quickly. During the period analyzed, the largest number of servers was in North America, with 45 percent of the total. The rest was divided between the EMEA region, with 38 percent, 12 percent in Asia Pacific and 5 per cent in Latin America.
The total value of all goods advertised on underground economy servers during the 12 months that the report, from July 2007 until June 2008, amounting to 276 million dollars. This figure has been determined by calculating the actual prices of goods and services, and by measuring how much the advertisers could win if they sold all their inventory.
The credit card information has been announced within the category most of this market, attracting 31 per cent of the total of all ads. Symantec has estimated that for every credit card sold for between 0.10 and 25 U.S. dollars, has drawn about half of $ 4,000. Adding the potential value of all credit cards will be announced around 5300 got millions of dollars. In addition, information on credit cards is sold at wholesale, discounted or free numbers if purchased large quantities.
Bank accounts are the second category of goods and services advertised, with 20 percent of the total. The selling price of each account varies between 10 and 1000 dollars, but the draw to come up cybercrime $ 40,000. Symantec says that information on bank accounts is popular due to its high potential for making payments and the speed at which they can be made. " According to the company, you can withdraw cash from bank accounts from locations impossible to trace in less than 15 minutes.
The location of the underground economy varies geographically coin very quickly. During the period analyzed, the largest number of servers was in North America, with 45 percent of the total. The rest was divided between the EMEA region, with 38 percent, 12 percent in Asia Pacific and 5 per cent in Latin America.
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