Breach Business Defenses: Uncovering Top 5 dark tactics

In today’s digital era, businesses face a constant and evolving threat of cyberattacks. Attackers employ a wide range of dark tactics to breach business defenses and compromise sensitive data. 

The fear in the world of technology is cyber-attacks. Cybercriminals employ various methods to breach system defenses. Most people don’t know that if they are aware of these dark tactics, they can save themselves in most situations.

In this article, we will unmask 5 dark methods employed by cyber-criminals to breach business defenses.

The list of dark tactics to breach business defenses:

In the rising of the digital world also the number of digital threats has increased highly. There are a lot of dark tactics employed by criminals to breach business defenses. Here we RedNode, will discuss the top 5 methods employed by criminals to breach business defenses:

1. Social Engineering: This is the most used method to breach business defenses. This method is also known as bait and hook in the business community. Attackers use their creative tricks to fool people and compromise their systems. First, the attackers try to understand their physiological systems by monitoring them and then develop a sophisticated plan to social-engineer them. Maybe this method seems very easy to detect, but it can be very sophisticated and combined with system vulnerabilities, it can turn into a pure maze.
   
2. Denial-of-Service(DoS): DoS is a malicious attack where the attacker uses a bot to generate a lot of artificial traffic and then sends it to the victim’s network, causing the network to slow down or go out of service due to too much traffic. A lot of business owner thinks that DDoS can’t breach business defenses. But they are wrong DDoS breaches business defenses in a different way, guess you are in a selling rush and your business network or website gets out of reach.
   
3. Malware: Malware is one of the most infamous words in this decade. Malware is a very popular method to breach business defenses. Malware is a malicious program that is designed to compromise a system. Malware can be very intelligent too like ransomware. There are various kinds of malware.

Type	Description
Ransomware	Scareware is a trick software that creates fake alerts that your computer is infected, and click here to clean your computer. After the user clicks Scareware turn off Anti-Virus and downloads malware to the computer.
Trojan	Scareware is a trick software that creates fake alerts that your computer is infected, and click here to clean your computer. After the user clicks Scareware, turn off Anti-Virus and downloads malware to the computer.
Adware	Adware is a type of spyware that monitors a user’s online activity to determine which ads to show them. Although adware is not inherently malicious, it affects the performance of the user’s device and degrades the user experience.
Rootkits	Rootkit malware is a collection of software designed to give malicious actors control of computer networks or applications. Once activated, the malicious program sets up a backdoor exploit and gives access to the attacker.
Keylogger	keylogger malware records every keystroke on the victim’s device and sends it to the attacker.
Worms	A worm is a self-contained program that can make copies of itself and spread its copies to other computers. Worms can integrate themselves with other types of malware and make themselves more sophisticated.
Botnet	A botnet is a network of computers compromised by malware and controlled by attackers.
Scareware	Malware that infects mobile devices.
Mobileware	Fileless malware is a malicious activity that uses native tools of a system to compromise a system. It doesn’t need any external file to be downloaded in that computer like running a sensitive command in windows powershell or Linux terminal.
Fileless	Fileless malware is a malicious activity that uses native tools of a system to compromise a system. It doesn’t need any external file to be downloaded in that computer like running a sensitive command in windows powershell or linux terminal.
Exploits	An exploit is a type of malware that exploits a system’s security vulnerabilities to compromise the system.
Spyware	Spyware infects a computer device unknowingly and spies on the user.

4. Supply Chain Attack: In supply chain attacks, attackers use security vulnerabilities in third-party software or devices to compromise key infrastructure. Remember the infamous SolarWind attack in 2019? Its net cost was at least 18 million, according to Reuters.
   
   1. Software supply chain attacks: A software supply chain attack is when attackers use a third-party software vulnerability to compromise key infrastructure.
      
   2. Hardware supply chain attacks: A hardware supply chain attack is when attackers use vulnerabilities in a third-party hardware device to compromise core infrastructure.
      
      For more: How To Protect Your Business Against Supply Chain Attack
      
5. Vulnerability: Attackers exploit security vulnerabilities to gain unauthorized access to, manipulate, or compromise computer systems, networks, and data. These vulnerabilities may reside in various software components, such as operating systems, web applications, or third-party plugins. Attackers use a variety of techniques to exploit these vulnerabilities, including malware, phishing, brute force attacks, or code injection.
   

Conclusion

As businesses navigate the digital landscape, it’s crucial to be aware of the dark tactics criminals employ to breach their defenses. From social engineering and denial-of-service attacks to malware and supply chain vulnerabilities, these methods pose significant threats to organizational security. The evolving nature of cyber attacks demands that businesses remain vigilant, implement robust security measures, and stay aware of emerging threats.

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