North America’s Cyber ‘Underground’ Still Relies on Surface Web

Forget the Deep Web; North America’s Cybercrime underground is as open and free-to-enter as they come, but no less stocked with stolen data, contraband and illegal services, according to a new Trend Micro report. The security giant’s latest report, North American Underground, likens the online space to a “glass tank”—where trade goes on in full view of the criminals and law enforcers. But just like a glass tank “as much as it is transparent, it is also fragile.” All the usual suspects are there, from crime ware—including hacking tools, bulletproof hosting and crypting services—to stolen data and fake docs, and drugs and weapons.