Network Attacks: The Who, What, Where and Why

As security practitioners, we generally see three types of perpetrators with different motives:

Financial

Political

General trouble-making

Each of these attackers can display various levels of organizational structure:

Individual

Well-organized, persistent group

Ad-hoc groups pursuing a common purpose

Each one of these subsets has their own techniques and goals, but unfortunately, can strike anywhere at anytime.

As different attack types come in and out of vogue, we are closely watching all of these perpetrators and their preferred methods of attack to better understand how to recognize and counteract them.

In the video linked here, I discuss some of the latest threat trends, and how businesses and individuals can prepare and protect themselves.