International Journal on Criminology Volume 7, Number 1, Winter 2019/2020 | Page 62

A (Guided) Tour of the Digital Wild West
4 – The Dark Web: A Catalog of the “Manufacture of
the Weapons and Tools of Cybercrime”
[Extracts from Armor’s The Black Market Report: A Look Inside the
Dark Web (Armor, 2018)]
Monetizing hacking on the Dark Web: tools for sale, rates and prices, early 2018:
• Denial of service (DOS) tool for rent: 10 dollars per hour; 200 dollars per day.
• Basic hacking tool (Disdain Exploit Kit) for rent: 80 dollars per day; 500 dollars
per week; 1,400 dollars per month; plus videos and courses on use and
maintenance (or hacking work): from 100–150 dollars per month.
• Purchase of a “trojan licence”: 3,000–5,000 dollars.
• A tool for hacking an online account: around 13 dollars; a tool for stealing
passwords: 50 dollars.
• Denial-of-service attack (one week): 500–1,200 dollars.
• Tools for hacking cash ATMs: 700–1,500 dollars.
• Hacking tutorials: 5–50 dollars.
The Fake Payment Cards Market
• (each) Visa/MasterCard, United States: from 7-10 dollars; EU: 15–30 dollars.
• (each) American Express, United States: from 10-12 dollars; EU: 15–35 dollars.
• “Fullz” (payment card plus customized personal details the buyer needs to
prove they are the card owner, top of the range):
• (each) Visa/MasterCard, United States: from 35-50 dollars; EU: 70–100 dollars.
• (each) American Express, United States: 35 dollars; EU: 70–100 dollars.
Market for Bank Account Information (or Similar), with Initial Balance
(Bank of America, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, PayPal):
• With 3,000 dollar opening balance: 300 dollars.
• With 20,000 dollar opening balance: 1,000+ dollars.
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