Reverse Deception: Organized Cyber Threat Counter-Exploitation

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The Value of APTs

 

In the previous chapters, you have read about the varying levels of threats to your enterprise, ranging from the curious novice to the SSCT. In this chapter, we will dive into the actual threats from the perspective of an attacker. We will explain the nature, motives, and preamble of advanced and organized persistent threats, and how they operate at a level that is understandable to you and your immediate chain of management.

Most of us (possibly even you) have poked around networks or systems at some point in our life, usually for personal or professional education purposes, with one tool or another. However, when ...