Security News > 2021 > January > Malicious Software Infrastructure Easier to Get and Deploy Than Ever

Simple to use and deploy offensive security tools, making it easier than ever for criminals with little technical know-how to get in on cybercrime are seeing a significant rise, researchers say.

Recorded Future's 2020 Adversary Infrastructure Report explained that researchers anticipate increased adoption of open-source tools because they're easy to use and accessible to criminals without deep technical expertise.

Recorded Future explained the point of this ongoing malicious infrastructure audit is to help security teams identify actors as they're setting up, rather than waiting for them to get up and running and able to strike.

The report adds the average time these servers host malicious infrastructure is 54.8 days.

Detection before malicious infrastructure can be used creates an opportunity to stop threat actors before they can cause damage, according to Recorded Future.

"Then, the software must be installed, configurations must be tuned and files added to the server. The actors must access it via panel login, SSH or RDP protocols, and then expose the malware controller on a port to allow the data to transfer from the victim and to administer commands to infections. Only then can the server be used for malicious purposes."

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https://threatpost.com/malicious-software-infrastructure-easier-deploy/162913/