What the Rise in Cyber-Recon Means for Your Security Strategy


As we move into 2022, bad actors are ramping up their reconnaissance efforts to ensure more successful and more impactful cyberattacks. And that means more zero-day exploits are on the horizon.

When seen through an attack chain such as the MITRE ATT&CK framework, campaigns are frequently discussed in terms of left-hand and right-hand phases of threats. On the left side of the attack chain are pre-attack efforts, which includes planning, development and weaponization strategies. The more familiar execution phase of attacks is on the right side, such as building and launching malware to corrupt systems, steal data or hold networks hostage.

We need to start paying more attention to the left-hand side.

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Source: ThreatPost