2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3 2.4.4 2.5 Sector Comparison The Banking Sector 1 2 Bot Market Research The banking sector As part of our research, we investigated 5,250,773 login credentials, 3,833,942 of them were offered for sale during 2021 and 72,608 were part of our investigated banks. While collecting data from five major banks in the investigated countries, we noticed that the highest number of login credentials offered for sale belonged to banks located in Spain, with 12,008 login credentials being offered online in 2021. The next highest were Hungary, Italy and Greece, with a range of 8,000-9,000 login credentials. The lowest number of login credentials related to banks was observed in Cyprus, with 352. Italy and Spain appeared in the top four countries with information traded in both the banking sector and in the general analysis. France and Germany were also part of the top four exposed countries in general but received relatively low numbers in the banking sector. Hungary and Greece did not receive overall high numbers for the number of login credentials offered for sale online but did receive high numbers in the banking sector. Banking login credentials traded in bot markets, traded by country Spain 17% Hungary 13% Italy 11% Greece 11% Portugal 7% France 7% Germany 6% Slovakia 5% Poland 5% Bulgaria 3% Czech 2% Romania 3% Austria 2% Switzerland 2% Croatia 2% Belgium 1% Netherlands 1% Macedonia 1% *The graphs show only countries that receive 1% and above out of the total login credentials investigated 16 The Rise of Dark Web Botnet Marketplaces