In cybersecurity, these enemies are called bad actors — people who try to exploit a vulnerability to steal, sabotage, or stop organizations from accessing information they’re authorized to use. An attack vector is a mechanism or method the bad actor uses to illegally access or inhibit a ...
5. Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) MITMattacks enable a malicious actor to position themselves between the target victim and an online service the user accesses. An example of this is an attacker creating a spoofed, free-to-access Wi-Fi network. When the user connects to or signs in to the ne...
NIST is the US National Institute of Standards and Technology. As a Federal Agency it’s developed a voluntary set of guidelines andbest practicesthat businesses can follow to improve information security and manage cybersecurity risk. The NIST Cybersecurity Frameworkgroups cybersecurity standards in f...
Cyber risk isn’t static, and it never goes away. Only by taking a dynamic, forward-looking stance can companies keep up with the state of play and mitigate disruptions in the future. Thesethree major cybersecurity trendsmay have the biggest implications for organizations: ...
cybersecurity teams, and possibly limited knowledge about cybersecurity risks and threats. As a result, attacking SMBs almost always results in a successful outcome for the threat actor, even though the payout from these targets is smaller compared with what could be extracted from a larger ...
Threat intelligence systems focus on the evolution of cybersecurity and changes in threat actor methods. These systems are integral to proper defences for any organisation to ensure that their data is protected from current and future threats. How to Stay Ahead of Threat Actors Current cybersecurity...
Gartner® Report: Top Trends in Cybersecurity for 2025Read Report What is a Threat Actor? A threat actor is an individual or group that launches attacks against specific targets, typically employing a particular style in an attempt to gain notoriety. Threat actor is a broad term for a pers...
In other cases, the aim is to disrupt operations by disabling access to IT systems, or in some cases directly damaging physical equipment. The latter type of cyber attack is commonly politically-motivated and may be state-backed and carried out by state actors, or cybercriminals in their ...
Nation-states may fund threat actor groups to perform a variety of malicious activities on the networks of other governing entities including espionage or cyberwarfare. Since nation-state funded threat actors tend to be highly resourced, their behavior is often persistent and more difficult to detect...
Security 10 May 2023 What is a threat actor? Threat actors, also known as cyberthreat actors or malicious actors, are individuals or groups that intentionally cause harm to digital devices or systems. Threat actors exploit vulnerabilities in computer systems, networks and software to perpetuate ...