Shining a light on China's cyber underground. [Research Saturday]

Published: Feb. 27, 2021, 8 a.m.

Guest Maurits Lucas from Intel471 joins us to discuss his team's research into cybercrime in China. Data from Intel 471 show that the Chinese cybercrime underground proliferates through use of common methods or platforms, but behaves differently in large part due to the caution that actors take with regard to their identity. While the average citizen must follow the heavy handed nature of the government\u2019s surveillance of cyberspace, Chinese threat actors take special precautions to protect their forums, TTPs and themselves. This leads to the Chinese cybercrime underground being disorderly when compared to others, particularly Russia, which tend to be much more organized.\nThe research can be found here:\nNo pandas, just people: The current state of China\u2019s cybercrime underground\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices