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The Chinese cybercrime underground has evolved to feature search engines to help darknet users find leaked data, and ATM and POS skimmers to capitalize on the growing consumer trend for non-cash payments, according to Trend Micro.

The Chinese cybercrime underground has evolved to feature search engines to help darknet users find leaked data, and ATM and POS skimmers to capitalize on the growing consumer trend for non-cash payments, according to Trend Micro.

However, this decline is not necessarily a positive indicator, according to Christopher Budd, threat communications manager with Trend Micro, the global cloud security company that issued the report, "Follow the Data: Dissecting Data Breaches and Debunking Myths."

However, this decline is not necessarily a positive indicator, according to Christopher Budd, threat communications manager with Trend Micro, the global cloud security company that issued the report, "Follow the Data: Dissecting Data Breaches and Debunking Myths."

"The security landscape is very fragmented and very discombobulated with regard to encryption," said Paul Ferguson, a threat research advisor at Trend Micro. "There doesn't seem to be a lot of coherency, to the point where end users are confused and don't know how to properly protect themselves."