DarkOwl Snapshot Examines Ares Market’s Fraud, Counterfeit and Drug Listings

Summary

DarkOwl’s snapshot of Ares Market describes listings for drugs, payment-card and bank-account fraud, and counterfeit goods, and demonstrates setting up alerts to monitor a vendor in DarkOwl Vision.

Key points

• Ares Market, established in 2021, offers illicit substances, fraud products, malware source code, and counterfeit goods, according to DarkOwl.
• The article reports more than 1,600 cocaine and ketamine listings and more than 500 credit-card-fraud listings.
• One seller allegedly offered bank accounts with active balances and associated personal information; the article does not establish how the seller obtained them.
• Counterfeit currency and IDs are among the market’s popular product categories.
• DarkOwl describes using its Vision product to monitor a vendor by creating an alert for future posts.

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