Rapid7, Inc., a pioneer in threat detection and exposure management, released its 2025 Access Brokers Report, a new research analysis of illicit underground marketplaces where cybercriminals buy and sell access to corporate networks.
Drawing on six months of threat intelligence from dark web forums Exploit, XSS, and BreachForums, the report uncovers new insights into how initial access to compromised businesses is being sold — often for less than $1,000 — and the steps defenders can take to disrupt the process in its earliest stages.
