Who's next? Patterns and trends in targeted attacks
Martin Lee Symantec.cloud
Targeted attacks are every security officer's nightmare. Protecting valuable information security assets from attack by
skilful and resourceful attackers is particularly challenging. Although successful attacks hit the headlines, the
attacks that are detected and blocked impart useful information regarding the attackers' intentions and motivations.
Despite the publicity, such attacks remain rare; the few companies that do receive targeted attacks are likely only
to receive one or two attacks per year. This rarity makes it difficult for organisations to collect adequate data to
analyse attacks and thus take the necessary steps to improve their security.
Cloud-based security services that provide protection to a large number of organisations are exposed to many attacks
against their clients, allowing the aggregation of data from many
different attacks to identify their similarities and differences. Traditional malware analysis remains necessary
to improve detection rates of malicious binaries - however, by examining the intended recipients of the attacks
we can begin to discern the motivations and interests of the attackers. Armed with this information we can
begin to predict who will be the next target.
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