Mules, Seals, and Attacking Tools: Analyzing 12 Online Marketplaces
Ziming Zhao, Mukund Sankaran, Gail‐Joon Ahn, Thomas J. Holt, Yiming Jing, Hongxin Hu · IEEE Security & Privacy · 2016
A six-year analysis of 12 multilingual online marketplaces focuses on underground commerce, including stolen user data, fake identities, and attacking tools and services. Migration trends, items for sale, and seller and buyer characteristics reveal commonalities among these fraudulent markets.