Websense 2014 lists emerging trends in Cyber-Attack Methodology

Websense has released the Websense Security Labs Threat Report for the year 2014. It has revealed the latest shift in complex attack trends, evolution in the threat ecosystem and shifting motivation of cyber-attacks.

“Cybercriminals continue to evolve their attack planning and execution to stay ahead of most existing security measures. While the determined, persistent attackers continue to have success in advanced, strategic attacks using zero-day exploits and advanced malware, there has also been a boom in cybercriminal activity on a massive scale. Even these more ‘common’ forms of attack are easily slipping past organizations without real-time defenses,” said Charles Renert, Vice-President of Security Research, Websense.

The Websense Security Labs 2014 Threat Report details the growing global criminal-Infrastructure-as-a-Service economy through exploit kits and compromised websites redirection chains. Through an analysis of the latest attack methodology, Websense security researchers analyze the seven threat stages of advanced attacks. In addition, outcomes include the modification and repurposing of existing malware source code.