Cybercrime-as-a-service providers continue to support attackers’ ability to easily gain access to targets and steal data. An increasing number of ransomware operations also run data leak sites to pressure nonpaying victims into meeting attackers’ ransom demands, researchers say. The number of publicly listed initial access offers nearly tripled in the past 12 months, Trend Micro says. The total value of those initial access was $7.2 million, the report says. Some brokers also have exclusive, private relationships with ransomware operations.”]
Source: https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/ransomware-operations-double-down-on-data-leak-sites-a-18046