Threat actors primarily target large organizations for monetary gain, data, and sensitive intelligence, or to cause service disruption and reputational harm. However, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have also becomefrequent targetsfor threat actors because their relative lack of resources can ...
Threat actors know that a successful infection can cause major business disruptions, which will increase their chances of getting paid. Since computer systems in companies are often complex and prone to vulnerabilities, they can easily be exploited through technical means. Additionally, the human ...
Sophisticated cyber threat actors can evade signature-based detection schemes by varying the fingerprint of their malware and other tools for each attack campaign. ATP solutions analyze user and system behaviors and search for anomalous events or activities. By doing so, they can identify the deviatio...
There are many types of security threats that attackers can use to exploit insecure applications. Threat actors can run some of these attacks using automated software, while others require a more active role from attackers. In this tutorial, we will explain the basic idea behind a man-in-the-...
Botnets are used by threat actors for several types of malicious activity: Email spam:Botnets have often been used to widely distribute email spam. This allows for drive-by downloads triggered without user intervention, phishing links that fool unsuspecting users into clicking and automatically install...
Russia and Ukraine. A notable aspect of Bad Rabbit was its resemblance to the earlier Petya and NotPetya strains, both in terms of code similarities and lateral movement techniques. This connection led to speculation that Bad Rabbit may have been a variant or inspired by the same threat actors...
A cyber attack is an attack launched from one or more computers against another computer, multiple computers or networks. Here are some of the major recent cyber attacks and what we can learn from them.
In cybersecurity,threat actorsknow how to hide their anomalous behavior. These adversariescan quickly adapt their actions and/or manipulate the system in a way that any anomalous observations actually conforms to the acceptable models and hypothesis. ...
A cyber attack is a set of actions performed by threat actors, who try to gain unauthorized access, steal data or cause damage to various computing systems.
Many other terms further describe the types of ransomware, including the following: Locker ransomwareblocks access to computer systems entirely. This variant usessocial engineeringtechniques and compromised credentials to infiltrate systems. Once inside, threat actors block users from accessing systems until...