We have already commented on how pump-and-dump stock scams work, and how much money they provide the scammer when they work.
Symantec, in its latest Internet Security Threat Report talks about underground economy servers which are “used by criminals and criminal organizations to sell stolen information, typically for subsequent use in identity theft.” In the second half of 2006, about half of these servers were located in the USA.
According to the report, these are the current advertised prices for stuff such as credit card information, lists of emails, banking accounts, compromised computers, etc.
You can download the full Internet Security Threat Report (PDF) from Symantec.
