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Threat Actor

Below you will find reports with the tag of “Threat Actor”

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X-Force Threat Intelligence Report - 2016

This report discusses information gleaned from the notable highlights in cyber threats during the year 2015. It studies notable incidents and targeted malware affecting geographies including Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Turkey and Japan. It also discusses the barriers that must be overcome in order to prevent cyber attacks from occurring.

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Added: October 16, 2018
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2015 Data Breach Industry Forecast

To help businesses understand implications of such changes and navigate the road ahead, Experian Data Breach Resolution has developed six key predictions about how the data breach industry will evolve in 2015. These predictions are based on experience helping more than 3,000 companies manage breaches of all types in 2014 and conversations with leaders across the security landscape. With this mindset, they also looked back at how our 2014 predictions played out.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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2015 Threat Report

The report introduces the Chain of Compromise as an analytical concept to help readers, particularly those working in cyber security and information technology roles, understand how attackers compromise security using different combinations of tactics and resources. Some of 2015’s most prominent threats, such as exploit kits, ransomware, and DNS hijacks, are discussed in relation to this model, demonstrating how users become compromised by modern cyber attacks.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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2017 Call Center Fraud Report

This report will provide insights about the depth and breadth of fraud activity across a variety of industries from a data set of more than half a billion calls.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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2017 Global Security Report

This annual report takes a look at the security events of 2017 and projects what is to come in 2018.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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2017 Midyear Cybersecurity Report

This midyear report details two dynamics undermining the successes of the cybersecurity landscape. “Our security experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the accelerating pace of change—and yes, sophistication—in the global cyber threat landscape. That is not to say defenders are not improving their ability to detect threats and prevent attacks, or to help users and organizations avoid or recover more quickly from them. But we see two dynamics undermining their hard-won successes, hindering further progress, and helping to usher in a new era of cyber risks and threats…”

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Added: October 15, 2018
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2017 Quarterly Threat Report Q1

This report takes a look at the cyber threats that took place in the 1st Quarter of 2017. It provides a good concise look at what business sectors were most under threat.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, Vol 11

The data within this document is based on the collective experiences, observations and concerns of the global operational security community. Arbor Networks has collected this data through a survey conducted in October 2015.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Automation: The Future Of Network Visibility

This whitepaper provides some insights to consider for automating your SIEM, NMS, packet capture device, and other tool deployments.

Added: October 15, 2018
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Beware Of The 64-Bit Malware

The 64-bit Windows operating system is increasing its market share and becoming the prevalent system in most business environments. Its growing popularity is also attracting more attackers and slowly reshaping the Windows threat landscape. Cybersecurity teams must gain a deep understanding of 64-bit systems, and the different malware variants that can infiltrate and attack them, especially as the threat expands into additional operating systems, such as Linux and macOS.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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BitSight Insights: Global View

This report will help you learn how understanding the global cyber threat landscape can help evaluate the potential risks of doing business in certain nations. It is the result of studying the performance of companies per country with more than 50% of their IP space in: The United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, China and Singapore.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Containing Targeted Cyber Attacks: Best Practices For Gaining Control Over The Enterprise Endpoint Environment

This paper dicusses the best pracitices for gaining conrtol over Cyber Attacks and the Incident Response action.

Added: October 15, 2018
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Cross-Protocol Request Forgery

This whitepaper formalizes a class of attacks called Cross-Protocol Request Forgery (CPRF) which enables non-HTTP listeners to be exploited through Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) and Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF). This paper both references existing research and expands upon it in later sections.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Cyber Security Considerations For Financial Institutions

This paper discusses the issues that are caused by, “technology innovation and spearheaded by a generation that expects a seamless customer experience, the financial services landscape is undergoing fundamental change, which will no doubt influence the industry’s future cyber security considerations.”

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Cyber Threats To The Entertainment And Media Industries

Discover why the entertainment and media industries are valuable targets for APT groups and hacktivists seeking influence.

Added: October 15, 2018
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Cyberattacks Against Intelligent Transportation Systems

There is currently very little published research discussing the cybersecurity threats against ITS. In this paper, we first explored real-world ITS cyberattacks and their impact. As cyberattacks and attackers go hand-in-hand, we discussed the most likely perpetrators and their goals and motivations for attacking ITS. We then applied our knowledge of current cyberattacks to develop and analyze future cyberattack scenarios against ITS and Smart Roads.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Data Protection Under POPI

This white paper provides insight into becoming complaint with South Africa’s Protection of Personal Information Bill. (POPI)

Added: October 15, 2018
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DDoS Threat Report Q1 2016

This report takes a look at the DDoS threats that occurred in the first quarter of 2016.

Added: October 15, 2018
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Email Fraud and DMARC Adoption Trends Second Half 2017

In this inaugural report, they take a look at the state of DMARC, leveraging Agari’s Email Threat Center, and its unique global and sector view into our customers’ DMARC traffic over the last 6 months of 2017. They also explore publicly available statistics and trends on DMARC usage. Finally, for a global view on email domains not visible to the Threat Center, they incorporate intelligence from Farsight Security, the world’s largest provider of historical and real-time passive DNS data. Farsight DNSDB provides an unmatched view into the diverse and often volatile DMARC policies located in global DNS records.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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Email Fraud Threat Report Year In Review

The details in this report are compiled from Proofpoint’s specific research and experience from the events of 2017.

Added: October 15, 2018
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General Data Protection Regulation: The Mobile Implications

This paper is designed to help businesses manage their mobile data risks in relation to GDPR, which will affect almost every global organisation.

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Added: October 15, 2018
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