Security News > 2022 > March > A Better Grasp of Cyber Attack Tactics Can Stop Criminals Faster
In the past, cybercriminals didn't focus so much on the left side of the attack kill chain-let's call it "The pre-attack framework." But now, we are starting to see more and more cases of cybercriminal empires focusing on that pre-attack framework and hopping on fresh zero-day vulnerabilities.
It hasn't been the typical behavior of cybercriminals to use sophisticated attack methods.
FortiGuard Labs is seeing the window shrinking-in other words, how quickly an attack is executed-especially when you consider the targeted attacks of the past.
Now attackers are thinking, "Hey, you know what I can take advantage of that as well. I can use this for the 'dark side.'" So instead of writing code to specifically attack one organization, they are doing mass scans.
With APIs, the bad guys can automate the whole attack and look for other types of high-value accounts.
Lakhani has designed cyber solutions for defense and intelligence agencies, and has assisted organizations in defending themselves from active attacks.