Digital Shadows research: Escrow systems on cybercriminal forums
A new Digital Shadows report focuses on the escrow systems used on cybercriminal forums. These systems are deeply sophisticated, relying not just on similar technological mechanisms as traditional ecommerce, but on social, community oriented mechanisms as well, such as arbitration.
According to Digital Shadows, arbitration is a formalized system in operation on many Russian-language platforms in which a forum member who feels they have been wronged in some way during a transaction can bring a claim against the other party in the deal.