Over a 30-month period, cybercriminal groups and threat groups advertised for workers with expertise in software development, IT infrastructure maintenance, and designing fraudulent websites and email campaigns. In accordance with a new report from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, demand for technically skilled individuals continues, but it spiked during the coronavirus pandemic, with double the average job advertisements coming during March 2020, the first month of the pandemic.
The analysis gathered messages from 155 Dark Web forums between January 2020 and June 2022, focusing on those that mentioned employment — either by cybercriminal groups or individuals looking for work. The majority of job postings (83%) were from threat groups looking for highly skilled workers, such as developers (61%), attack specialists (16%), and fraudulent website designers (10%).
As per Polina Bochkareva, a security services analyst at Kaspersky, enhancing defenses has compelled attackers to optimize their tools and techniques, driving the need for more technical experts.
“Business related to illegal activities is growing on underground markets, and technologies are developing along with it,” she says. “All this leads to the fact that attacks are also developing, which requires more skilled workers.”
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