Hybrid threat model: Watch out for the unhappy employee

2022-04-05 05:00

The next generation of enterprise cyber threats will see external and internal threats and threat actors colliding into a hybrid threat model.

The hybrid threat actors have even taken the threat matrix one step further and have launched physical attacks.

Physically mailing USB sticks to employees, who just need to plug it into a network computer to launch the malware, or obtaining employee credentials, either from the employee giving them or the attacker stealing them and then breaking into a server room to install rogue devices that capture, encrypt and send confidential data to the threat actor.

The combination of social media growth and the uptick in unhappy employees since the start of the global pandemic - both those who are part of the Great Resignation and those begrudgingly still with their companies - has made the hybrid threat model a very real risk.

How does the hybrid threat model leverage social media accounts to reach the goal?

We're already seeing hybrid threat model attacks, and I expect the threat to escalate alongside growing environmental factors that affect employees' lives.

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