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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 18 Secureworks releases 2018 State of Cybercrime Report 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 Issue 08 | www.intelligentciso.com