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TRENDING
REPORT FINDS MAJORITY
OF CYBERCRIME DAMAGE IS
CAUSED BY A FEW POWERFUL
THREAT GROUPS
Cybercrime remains an extremely prevalent issue for IT
enterprises which comes down to the lucrative nature of
the industry. A recent report conducted by Secureworks
highlights the security challenges enterprises face and
the trends relating to threat activity.
S
ecureworks, a leading global
cybersecurity company that protects
organisations in the digitally
connected world, has released the findings
of its State of Cybercrime Report 2018 to
illuminate the cybercrime trends and events
that shaped the year.
From July 2017 through to June 2018,
Secureworks Counter Threat Unit (CTU)
researchers analysed incident response
outcomes and conducted original research
to gain insight into threat activity and
behaviour across 4,400 companies.
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Among the findings was evidence that a
small subset of professional criminal actors is
responsible for the bulk of cybercrime-related
damage, employing tools and techniques as
sophisticated, targeted and insidious as most
nation-state actors. These sophisticated
and capable criminal gangs operate
largely outside of the dark web, although
they may leverage low-level criminal tools
occasionally when it serves their purposes.
At the same time, there has been no lull in
the overall volume of threats and low-level
cybercriminal activity remains a robust
market economy, often taking place in view
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A SMALL
SUBSET OF
PROFESSIONAL
CRIMINAL ACTORS
IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE BULK
OF CYBERCRIME-
RELATED
DAMAGE.
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