Initial Access Brokers

Initial Access Brokers (IABs)

The growth and professionalisation of the Initial Access Market has fascinated many in recent years. Few know as much about who the threat actors operating in these markets are, and how the market of providing others with remote access to corporate networks work as   Dmitry Shestakov, Head of Cybercrime Research at the cyber intelligence company Group-IB. 

In his conversation with Robby, Dmitry shares some of his findings after researching these underground communities over several years. He also goes into how his team of researchers work with Initial Access Brokers, and shares some light onto some of their on-going investigations.

They also discuss where these groups operate from, how many of them manage to remain uncovered, and who they actually sell their information to.

Producer: Paul Jæger