Russian underground forums offer 38 types of cybercrime goods and services that include anonymizing VPNs, distributed denial-of-service attack services, spam and command-and-control services, Trojan malware, rootkits, social engineering services and ransomware. The lower prices, as well as increased automation and reliability, make it easier than ever for fraudsters to profit from cybercrime. Trend Micro says it has cataloged 78 underground Russian forums – of which 50 are active, and about 20 quite active.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/russian-cybercrime-markets-are-thriving-a-8439