Computer science Addressing the cybersecurity Malicious Insider threat UTICA COLLEGE Paul Pantani SchluderbergLarry EMalicious Insider threats consist of employees, contractors, or business partners who either have current authorized access, or have had authorized access to an organization's critical ...
As we noted in our coverage of 2017’s The Human Factor, a threat intelligence report by Proofpoint, cybercriminals have been relying less on automated exploits in favor of social engineering tactics that launch attacks via your end users’ actions. Given that your current —...
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Misuse of information typically is governed by laws and/or corporate cybersecurity policies. But even with laws and policies in place, the potential for data misuse is growing. Insider threat incidents involving data misuse have serious implications, not least of which is the high monetary cost ...
One of the greatest challenges for managing organisational cyber security is the threat that comes from those who operate within the organisation. With entitled access and knowledge of organisational processes, insiders who choose to attack have the potential to cause serious impact, such as financial...
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This threat is the foundational tool used to carry out the vast majority of cybersecurity attacks. Hackers probe and find weaknesses that are based on the languages used to program computers. They then create “phrases” known as scripts or lists of commands to abuse these vulnerabilities in the...
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the attacker takes on the privileges of the compromised client and can therefore assume the role of the trusted insider. In situations where perimeter defenses are the main security measure, this allows attackers access to sensitive data, access to other internal machines, and can enable installation...
Resecurity hazards to speculate who was behind this leak. The threat actor or actors behind this breach could have been anyone from a financially motivated cybercriminal, a nation-state adversary, or a malicious insider. Absent more contextual information that likely only Elector would be privy to...