New Carding Shop with Extensive History

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Wapack Labs recently observed a new carding forum. The forum was registered by a Russian proxy registrant and is hosted on a Russian IP address. It was later transferred to several Russian hosts before ending on a Cloudflare IP. The forum began operation on 11 January 2017 and, since, has offered a high volume of credit cards for sale. It is likely the current credit card inventory is a continuation and re-branding of other illegal forums or possesses a large hacking team, as its history is greater than that of the website registration. The owner of the forum has been operating since 23 September 2016 on another forum. Wapack Labs believes this actor likely began this extensive illegal credit card sales history as a verified vendor on another forum previous to the current forum...READ MORE

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

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New Carding Shop

Wapack Labs observed a threat actor advertising a new carding shop on a hacking/carding forum. This threat actor first advertised the carding services on 21 July, 2017 and has been an active member on the forum, frequently advertising updates to their carding website. Currently the shop has over 500,000 stolen credit cards for sale from over 100+ banks. The shop updates its database with fresh cards on a bi-weekly basis. To access the shop, users must create a free account and enter a username, password, Jabber, and ICQ number (users can enter fake credentials). Once the account is created, users can freely browse the website. Web sections include news, cards, rules, orders, billing, checker, and support. The cards section identifies stolen credit cards. Credit cards are sorted by database, bank name, type, card issuer, country, state, city, city, or BIN. Full card information is provided before purchasing a card. Prices of the cards ranged from $1 to $40 USD. The checker section allows users to enter credit card information to see if the card is still valid. The shop charges 30 cents per check and has a refund policy of 5 minutes after purchase, if the card is invalid...READ MORE

Wapack Labs has cataloged and reported on carding shops and fraud in the past. An archive of related reporting can be found in the Red Sky Alliance portal.
  
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Carding Forum Observation

On 15 September 2017, Wapack Labs observed a carding forum advertising services on numerous other carding forums. In addition to selling stolen credit cards (CCs), the forum's database contains thousands of CCs on a global scale. Meta-data and screenshots from several online videos point to the threat actor being from Russia. Wapack Labs will continue to monitor the forum in order to identify the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) and the persona operating the carding forum.

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

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