- Jun 9, 2013
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With recent large-scale cyber attacks signaling a growing front in destructive threats and business impact, a new midyear report from iDefense, part of Accenture Security, reveals how threat actors are continuing to evolve their ability to avoid detection.
The 2017 Cyber Threatscape Report examines key trends during the first half of 2017 and explores how cyber incidents may evolve over the next six months.
It covers the increased prevalence of destructive attacks and adversary denial and deception tactics; the aggressive use of information operations by nation-states; and the growth in the numbers and diversity of threat actors.
Other notable observations from the report include:
The 2017 Cyber Threatscape Report examines key trends during the first half of 2017 and explores how cyber incidents may evolve over the next six months.
It covers the increased prevalence of destructive attacks and adversary denial and deception tactics; the aggressive use of information operations by nation-states; and the growth in the numbers and diversity of threat actors.
Other notable observations from the report include:
- Reverse deception tactics – Increasing cybercriminal use of deception tactics including anti-analysis code, steganography, and expendable command-and-control servers used for concealment of stolen data. Greater public reporting on cyber threat activity and attribution may accelerate this denial and deception trend, increasing the cost of cyber defense efforts and resource allocations.
- Sophisticated phishing campaigns – Cybercriminals continue to craft familiar lures — subject lines mentioning invoices, shipping, resumes, wire transfers, missed payments — but ransomware is displacing banking trojans as one of the most prevalent types of malware delivered via phishing techniques.
