Putting all eggs in a single basket: A cross-community analysis of 12 hacking forums
Hackers have established large online communities in the form of online discussion forums. These forums help hackers with their goals: to hack, commit credit card/identity fraud or theft, launder money, and carry out digital attacks on physical infrastructure. There is need from security organizations and law enforcement to monitor these activities to identify individuals of interest, emerging threats and malware, and develop effective disruption strategies. However, as studies have consistently shown that as these communities […]