The Adversarial Mindset: The Access Economy: Credentials, Initial Access Brokers, and the Marketplace of Entry - Softcover

Lim, Ryan

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798255948680

Verlag: Independently published, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

The Adversarial Mindset Series
The Access Economy

How Credentials, Tokens, and Secrets Became the Most Valuable Commodity in Cybercrime

The most dangerous cyber attacks today don’t begin with malware.

They begin with a login.

Across underground markets, cybercriminals buy and sell access to corporate systems using stolen credentials, hijacked session tokens, leaked API keys, and compromised cloud identities. Once inside, attackers can steal data, deploy ransomware, or conduct fraud - often without triggering traditional security alarms.

Cybercrime has evolved into a global marketplace for access.

In The Access Economy, cybersecurity practitioner Ryan Lim explores how identity has become the most valuable asset in modern cybercrime. Drawing on real-world attack patterns and threat intelligence insights, this book explains how attackers harvest access, how underground markets trade it, and how criminal groups convert that access into profit.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Independently published
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798255948680
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 173
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