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A journey always starts with finding a vulnerability but then may take different and sometimes even parallel paths. The only difference is that the white market exploits vulnerabilities and leverages intelligence to develop and deploy defensive capabilities instead of pursuing criminal targets like the black market. Mirroring Legal and Illegal Supply Chains Mirroring Legal and Illegal Supply Chains Vulnerable Supply Chains Commercialization Both sides of the supply chain, whether defensive or offensive, are divided into commercial products. Research shows that the black market has specialized in cybercrime-as-a-service offerings in recent years to meet the needs of various criminal activities. Many of these are micro services bundled together to create a purpose-designed attack architecture from victim identification and analysis to persistence and attack obfuscation.
Business-to-business services such as money laundering cryptocurrency Germany Email Database escrow services complete an end-to-end ecosystem that makes sophisticated offensive cyber capabilities accessible to anyone with the will and capital. While the barriers to entry have increased due to this specialized exploitation and weapon inaction of vulnerabilities, the barriers to entry to conduct criminal and offensive cyber operations have decreased in terms of the skills and tools required. Together criminals can buy whatever capabilities they need and focus on crime. This is likely to lead to an increase in cybercrime but it is also the Achilles' heel for smart defenders to target.
Reduced diversity of targeting vulnerabilities in the wild This increased specialization comes at the expense of less diverse threat actors, especially the tools, strategies, and procedures they deploy. This all equates to a lower diversity of vulnerabilities to attack in the wild. Having the right intelligence means more strategic remediation and less work for end users and communities. Give on Giving Tuesday See We Care in Action Company Year Month Day Minute Read In the spirit of Giving Tuesday we're highlighting the MS Foundation's 2020 global cause. Here our Senior Marketing Operations Manager shares her exploration of a life-changing disease.
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