Why you shouldn’t be afraid of nation-state hackers
When talking about information security, nation-state backed hackers are set up as the ultimate threat. The countries have brilliant hackers, unlimited resources, endless exploits, and they are all after you! Fortunately for us, there are also many more nation state hackers who are not that skilled, on a tight budget, and forced to use off-the-shelf tools. Just because your organization might be of interest to foreign services does not mean that you should just give up. Before we go much further, it’s important to acknowledge that some nation-state adversaries are, in fact, your worst nightmare. However, there is ample evidence of hacker “B-teams” amongst even the most sophisticated nation-state groups. Looking at the Russian attacks against the DNC, many simple mistakes are immediately apparent, including how easy it was to discover their origin. The group forgot to deploy anonymity tools, reused email and IP addresses for different parts of the […]
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