cyber trends
Cybercrime is a
lucrative industry
and it’s not
surprising it’s
become the arm
of powerful,
organised groups.
complete picture of the cybercriminal
world, we developed insights based on
a combination of Dark Web monitoring
and client brand surveillance with
automated technical tracking of
cybercriminal toolsets.” The boundary between nation-state and
cybercriminal actors continues to blur Nation-state actors are increasingly
using tools and techniques employed by
cybercriminals and vice versa. against the South Korean population
and infrastructure, as part of a broader
pattern of attacks. GandCrab is
developed and sold ‘as-a-service’ and
is more commonly associated with
financially motivated criminal actors.
Key findings In August 2018, CTU researchers
determined the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea was likely responsible
for a Gandcrab ransomware campaign In March 2018, a threat actor likely
associated with the Iranian government
used access that had previously been
leveraged for espionage to deploy
Among the CTU researchers’ key
findings were the following:
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