The Telegram black market: what’s on offerĪfter reviewing phishers’ Telegram channels that we detected, we broke down the services they promoted into paid and free. This story covers the variety of phishing services available on Telegram, their details and pricing, and ways of detecting phishing content that originates in Telegram. Links to the channels are spread via YouTube, GitHub and phishing kits they make. To promote their “goods”, phishers create Telegram channels through which they educate their audience about phishing and entertain subscribers with polls like, “What type of personal data do you prefer?”. They have become adept at using Telegram both for automating their activities and for providing various services - from selling phishing kits to helping with setting up custom phishing campaigns - to all willing to pay.
The service is especially popular with phishers. Common users are not the only ones who have recognized the messaging app’s handy features - cybercrooks have already made it a branch of the dark web, their Telegram activity soaring since late 2021.
Telegram has been gaining popularity with users around the world year by year.
