HackTown: university for cybercriminals appears on the dark web

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The Armor Threat Resistance Unit (TRU) team has published a report on the economic dimension of the darkweb. The most interesting moment of the research is the analysis of the activities of a kind of university for cybercriminals.

In the report, experts spoke about the various services that cybercriminals offer on dark web sites. For example, how much does it cost to order SMS bombing of victims.

However, the most interesting part of the document focuses on the HackTown site, which offers special courses and even graduating degrees to aspiring cybercriminals.

The main task of the attackers behind HackTown is to educate people to professionally engage in illegal activities in cyberspace. University officials promise that graduates will be able to "get carried away with hacking and conduct fraudulent operations, earning a living from it." The ranks of "students" are people with minimal knowledge in the field of coding (or no such experience at all).

“After completing the proposed courses, you will acquire the appropriate knowledge and skills that will subsequently allow you to successfully hack an individual or an entire organization,” states the HackTown web page.

The site has both free courses that cover network attacks, Wi-Fi hacking and even carding, as well as paid ones. For $ 125, you can get access to absolutely all courses.

In addition, HackTown has a number of tools to track the progress of an aspiring cybercriminal and build a career as a professional hacker.