Intelligent CISO Issue 08 | Page 19

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: www.intelligentciso.com | Issue 08 19