Hackers for hire
Hackers for hire are malicious actors who offer their services to carry out attacks on behalf of others or as a service.
Such services include malware as a service (MaaS), ransomware as a service (RaaS), phishing as a service (PhaaS),
distributed denial of service (DDoS) as a service, and other targeted attacks on specific systems or environments.
Hacker-for-hire services are available in abundance on the dark web. The dark web is an uncontrolled part of the internet that is not indexed to search engines,
and as such, not subject to the same filtering that the Chrome™, Safari®, or Firefox™ web browsers perform.
The dark web is a notorious hub for hackers for hire who offer a range of services such as MaaS, RaaS, PhaaS, and DDoS attacks.
On dark web marketplaces, potential clients can browse through the offerings of various hackers and select the services they need.
Payments are typically made in crypto assets, which, depending on the type and cash out process, can provide anonymity for both parties involved.
Privacy-centric coins such as Monero, Zcash, and AXEL tend to provide the highest level of anonymity,
though investigators can still apply wallet analysis techniques to identify individuals associated with each transaction.
Hacker-for-hire services also exist beyond the dark web.
Hackers for hire can also be found on social media platforms and messaging apps, such as WhatsApp and Telegram.
which appeal to hackers and the customers that pay for their services because these apps provide end-to-end encryption of all messages.
How easy is it?
Cyber rescue expert specialists conducted an investigation to see just how easy it would be to hire a hacker both on the regular and the dark web.
Our team found that DDoS services seem to be the simplest option.