E379 - The Global Gig Economy of Cybercrime

The Cyber-as-a-Service (CaaS) model has fundamentally reshaped the threat landscape by lowering technical barriers, allowing individuals with minimal expertise to conduct complex operations like ransomware or phishing. Thriving in marketplaces that mimic legitimate e-commerce sites, specialized "initial access brokers" act as digital key makers, selling persistent entry points to other criminals in a professionalized supply chain. This modular ecosystem is highly resilient to disruption, as actors frequently rebrand their services and state-sponsored adversaries leverage these tools to target critical infrastructure globally.

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