Life After AlphaBay: TradeRoute

TLP AMBER ANNOUNCEMENT: 

On 04 August 2017, Wapack Labs discovered TradeRoute, a Russian and English Tor-based marketplace and forum on the dark net that focuses on the sale of illegal drugs. However, vendors also sell electronics, digital goods, forgeries, hacking services, lab equipment for narcotics, fashion counterfeits, and fraud services. With the recent takedowns by law enforcement of Hansa Market and AlphaBay (past reporting by Wapack Labs), actors are migrating to TradeRoute quickly making it a leading dark net marketplace...READ MORE

Wapack Labs has cataloged and reported extensively on Tor marketplaces and forums in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.

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AlphaBay: Avenue on the “new” Silk Road?

Carding forum AlphaBay’s (AB) rules, posted on Twitter, have sparked debate in the underground that the forum is controlled by malicious actors in Russia. Rumors of AB being linked to Russian organized crime are not new, but rules prohibiting malware that targets Russian citizens or the sale of financial information on Russian citizens lends credence to such claims. Russian carding forums routinely include rules of this type to avoid drawing the attention of Russian authorities. AB’s adoption of such rules can only help them in their efforts to become the dominant underground marketplace for illicit goods and activities online. 

Wapack Labs has cataloged and extensively reported on Russian cyber activity in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance Portal.

WWW.WAPACKLABS.COM

AlphBay: DDoS-for-hire Service Author

AlphaBay Market is a well-known TOR based underground website that advertises, for sale, many malicious cyber tools and services. A known DDoS-for-hire service author has been operating in AlphaBay. Author claims to have successfully targeted multiple corporations. This information is being provided for your situational awareness.

• AlphaBay is hosted in The Onion Router (TOR) network.

• The AlphaBay Market is notorious for selling malicious cyber tools and services.

• DDoS-for-hire service author is a threat actor who provides malicious DDoS services.

Publication Date: 3 December 2016
Handling Requirements: Traffic light protocol (TLP) GREEN
Attribution/Threat Actor: DDoS-for-hire service author
Actor Type: Adversary capabilities have been assessed as Tier IV
Potential Targets: All; Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) for hire provider
Past Reporting: DOC-4214