A look inside the secretive business of cybercrime, where hackers make more than $80,000 a month

It's a known fact that hacking makes money. But how much money? And how do hackers carry out their internal dealings with one another so as not to step on each other's toes?

Much like the fine-tuned systems of mafias and gangs that act almost identically to businesses, hackers have also created their own extremely intricate systems - and the scale of their operations is astounding.

Security researchers have been embedding themselves into these online underbellies to see precisely what's going on. This way they can get an early look at the malware hackers are cooking up, while also learning just how the system works.

The information security company Trustwave has been doing just this for years. It now has a lot to show for it, including discovering how much money a hacking gang makes and how precisely the cybercrime ecosystem works.

Trustwave's VP of Security Research Ziv Mador has put together a presentation he gives to customers so they can get a better handle on how to protect themselves. As he put it, it's just a "glance of what we find."

But Mador has given Business Insider an exclusive look at the wheeling and dealing of hackers inside this secretive world - check it out below.