Security News > 2022 > August > The Business of Hackers-for-Hire Threat Actors

For the most part, hackers don't even have to hide in the dark recesses of the web to take advantage of people any longer; they can be found right in plain sight on social media sites or forums, professionally advertised with their websites, and may even approach you anonymously through such channels as Twitter.

A series of new DDoS for Hire are commoditizing the art of hacking and reducing the barrier to launching DDoS attacks.

Since 2020, Hackers-for-hire has had unprecedented access to computer networks and have posed as hackers and users contracted to perform different kinds of work for them.

COVID-19 was seen as a big threat because it gave hackers something that we might see in the future more often- the ability to use computers via clever public communications channels like Twitter and email.

The first phase involves reconnaissance, where hackers will gather as much information about their target's company or business as they can by using various tools and techniques.

In the reconnaissance stage, cyber hackers start as information gatherers and data miners when they start to profile their targets silently.

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