Category: Threat Actors

Threat Actors are people who are acting counter to you or your organization’s interest. They are a threat to yourself, your family, your community, your organization (company), your society, and your nation. They cannot be taken for granted. You can classify the world in the four key threat actor categories:

  • Cyber-Criminal Threats – Cyber-Crime is an International  Legal problem that has no short term resolution. There will always be someplace in the world that is a harbor for cyber-criminal activity.
  • Nation State Threats – Post-Snowden, the secret world of nation-state security is now all in the open. Your network is a valid “Battle Space” for any Cyber-War.
  • Political, Patriotic, Protestors (P3) – There are always going to be someone, somewhere, who is upset with society – with the ability to make their anxiety know through any network – anywhere.
  • Corporate Threats (New!) – The dialog between US & China will accelerate the corporate on corporate threat vector.

Threat Actors

PlugX Infections - Is that You?

PlugX Infections – Is that You?

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The French Government sees the massive number of PlugX infections as a national threat. PlugX is malware used by Nation State threat actors to get inside networks. Sekoia was part of a sinkholing action that uncovered thousands of locations where PlugX is deployed. Should you be concerned? How do you discover if you have a Read More

Industry Anti-DDOS Strategy 2018

Industry Anti-DDOS Strategy 2018

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Note to the Readers …… Yes, there are communities who consult and curate an anti-DDoS strategy to mitigate the risk to the Internet. Starting ~2000, Operators have consulted on ways to build better resilience into the Internet’s infrastructure. These consultations evolved into informal security strategy plans. By 2012, multiple groups were involved (see http://www.senki.org/2012-a-year-of-cyber-security-optimism/).  A Read More

Optimize Shadowserver's Value - Checklist

Optimize Shadowserver’s Value – Checklist

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Optimize Shadowserver’s value! Stop the Threat Actors! You are at risk if you get any of the +120 daily reports. Most issues are easily fixed. All these reports share details the threat actor can potentially exploit. Take 15 minutes once a quarter to update your contacts, ASNs, IPs, Domain, APIs, and other details. Quarterly Reviews Read More

Welcome to CyberWar & LongTerm Ramification Unleashed by Russia’s War

Welcome to CyberWar & LongTerm Ramification Unleashed by Russia’s War

Cyberwar is today’s reality. We’ve moved from a world of cyber-criminal threats to an interconnected arena where any malicious activity is feasible. Cyber-Kinetic attacks that destroy, kill, and massively disrupt civil society are part of our new security threat landscape reality. Geography will not help. The massively interconnected Internet means that you are a cyberwarrior’s

Practical Security Guides, References, & Workbooks

Practical Security Guides, References, & Workbooks

Do you feel overwhelmed by the barrage of security white papers, webinars, and guides? Are you parallized trying to figure out what you need to do first to get ready for the next attack? We don’t need more security guides, we need a consolidated landing that pulls in all the advice into one place. We