A year-long deep dive by Recorded Future finds that Russian and Chinese hacking forums differ in many respects. For Russians, the forums are places of business and deals are based on reputation. Chinese forums are more closed because of the language barrier, with Russian and English speakers turning their attention elsewhere. Russian forums offer a wide variety of tools, including ransomware, loaders, trojans, exploit kits, installs, spam bots, web traffic, forged documents, money mules, bank accounts and credit cards.”]