TLDR InfoSec · MISCELLANEOUS

BROKE CYBER PROS FLOCK TO CYBERCRIME SIDE HUSTLES

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Summary from the TLDR InfoSec newsletter

Cybersecurity professionals are increasingly tempted to earn extra income on the dark web by offering offensive cybercrime services like phishing, crypto theft, and malicious coding. This trend is driven by layoffs, stagnant salaries, and employers unwilling to raise compensation, pitting enterprises against insiders with intimate knowledge of their vulnerabilities.