How 3 Cyber Threats Transform Incident Response: Targeted Attacks, System Exploits, Data Theft, and You

Overview

Today's malware deserves much more respect than many are giving it. Where traditional viruses mostly aimed to disrupt operations or win fame for their coders' cleverness, today's malware enables potent multistage attacks called advanced persistent threats. This paper describes how malware enables Targeted Attacks, System Exploits and Data Theft, and explains how both enterprise information security and incident response (IR) teams can employ cyber-forensics tools to minimize the damage.