![]() Today’s Approach: Efficient but Ineffective And today's prevailing technology does not give security professionals the necessary network visibility for threat detection, nor to identify the combatant or even what was stolen. Staying hidden for extended periods, threat actors collect additional information, implant malware to detonate later, or are stealing intellectual property slowly, a few bytes at a time, exfiltrating it through less monitored protocols such as DNS or outbound HTTP. ![]() Using a combination of multiple targeting methods, tools, and techniques, threat actors gain access to a network, often time exploring year old security issues that have not been patched or ignored for too long. This access allows the threat actor to build a foothold on one or more machines and then remain undetected for an extended period of time, preparing for the malicious behavior. ![]() In the case of an APT, a threat actor gains unauthorized access to a network, often initially through a Business Email Compromise (BEC), the “trojan horse” that serves as the malware’s entry-point. Those long-lasting, most damaging, and challenging to detect are Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs). ![]()
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