cyber trends
SECUREWORKS’ COUNTER THREAT
UNIT HAS PUBLISHED THE 2018 STATE
OF CYBERCRIME REPORT, REVEALING
LEARNINGS ON CYBERCRIMINAL
BEHAVIOUR AND INSIGHT INTO THREAT
ACTIVITY BASED ON THE TEAM’S
INCIDENT RESPONSE ANALYSIS AND
ORIGINAL RESEARCH.
S
ecureworks, a
leading global
cybersecurity
company
that protects
organisations
in the digitally
connected world, has released the
findings of its State of Cybercrime
Report 2018 to illuminate the
cybercrime trends and events that
shaped the year. From July 2017
through to June 2018, Secureworks
Counter Threat Unit (CTU) researchers
analysed incident response outcomes
and conducted original research to gain
insight into threat activity and behaviour
across 4,400 companies.
Among their findings was evidence
that a small subset of professional
criminal actors is responsible for the
bulk of cybercrime-related damage,
employing tools and techniques as
sophisticated, targeted and insidious
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as most nation-state actors. These
sophisticated and capable criminal
gangs operate largely outside of the
Dark Web, although they may leverage
low-level criminal tools occasionally
when it serves their purposes. At the
same time, there has been no lull in
the overall volume of threats and low-
level cybercriminal activity remains a
robust market economy, often taking
place in view of security researchers
and law enforcement on the Dark
Web. While relatively simple in their
approach, these activities can still deal
widespread damage.
“Cybercrime is a lucrative industry
and it’s not surprising it’s become the
arm of powerful, organised groups,”
says Don Smith, Senior Director,
Cyber Intelligence Cell, Secureworks
Counter Threat Unit. “To understand the
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