Half-Year in Review: Recapping the top threats and security trends so far in 2023
Summary: Cisco Talos' half-year review of 2023 through June cites new ransomware groups, a growing mercenary "hackers for hire" space, espionage campaigns, supply chain attacks, and new "as a service" tools. Talos says many of the threats it covered involved extortion, with actors stealing sensitive data to use in future attacks or to pressure victims into paying before the data lands on the dark web.
Key Takeaway: Talos frames extortion as the common thread across the threats it tracked in the first half of 2023, with stolen data held for future attacks as well as for payment demands - a reminder that a breach is often the start of a longer campaign, not the end of one.
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