Priced to Move: The Underground Markets of Modern Cyberattacks 

Abstract’s ASTRO research team just released a new report: Priced to Move: The Underground  Markets of Modern Cyberattacks.

The ASTRO team offers these critical threats for the remainder of 2026:

The ecosystem demonstrated remarkable resilience despite law enforcement successes: BreachForums returned months after its April 2025 takedown, and 57 new ransomware groups emerged to fill gaps left by disrupted operations. Intelligence assessments predict 2026 will mark the first year that non-Russian ransomware actors will outnumber those within Russia. An alarming trend of ransomware groups recruiting corporate insiders further blurs the line between external and internal threats. 

The Priced to Move: The Underground  Markets of Modern Cyberattacks report goes in-depth into:

  • The Broker: Three Weeks of Silence
  • What just happened: The IAB Model
  • The IAB Marketplace
  • Meet the Brokers: A Field Guide
  • How They Get In
  • Twelve Months Inside One Operation
  • The Pipeline in Action
  • When the Broker Gets Caught
  • Detection and Defense
  • Impact and Trends
  • Law Enforcement and Policy

You can read the report here: https://www.abstract.security/reports/priced-to-move

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