1 2 Bot Market Research 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Market Comparison As part of our research, we collected 3,833,942 sale offers that were published during 2021 in four markets, Genesis, Russian Market, 2easy and Amigos. As shown in the graph below, Russian Market is far more active than the others with 71% of the login credentials offered for sale on that platform. The next active market is 2easy with 13% followed by Amigos Market with 10% and Genesis with only 5%. When looking at the number of the offers by months, we notice that a large drop was demonstrated in February compared to January 2021 in Russian Market. Continuously low numbers were kept over the rest of the year. Login credentials offers divided by markets Login credentials offered during 2021 by the different markets 10% | Amigos 13% | 2easy 5% | Genesis 71% | Russian Market January Februrary March April May June July August September October 1,600,000 1,200,000 800,000 400,000 0 2easy Amigos Russian Market Genesis 9 The Rise of Dark Web Botnet Marketplaces