Threat Actors / Encryption

Primary motivation of a Nation State Actor?

Also known as an ethical hacker

Threat Actor that operates primarily for financial gain

Hiding a secret message file in a digital picture is Encryption

Raising awareness, disrupting operations, or drawing attention to perceived injustices.

Motivation of the actor is for entertainment, recognition and validation

Hackers who may sometimes violate laws or ethical standards but do not have malicious intent.

e practice of concealing messages or information within other non-secret text or data

Data after encryption

This threat actor is ran by a country

Inexperienced individuals who use pre-existing hacking tools, without a deep understanding of how they work.

refers to a highly sophisticated and prolonged cyberattack

Which threat actor would use an APT

The action of making something obscure, unclear, or unintelligible

Motivations of this actor is Often driven by convenience or the need to bypass organizational restrictions

Motivation of ________________ is to improve cybersecurity, protecting organizations

Individuals within an organization, who misuse their access to systems, data, or information

Consistent attack used by nation states

Use of technology systems, devices, software, applications, and services without explicit organizational approval.

Groups of cybercriminals that operate in an organized manner to conduct illegal activities for financial gain

Individuals or groups that use hacking to promote political, social, or ideological.

The use of 1 key to encrypt and decrypt a message (ex: Caesar cipher)

Data before encryption

Threat actors motivation: sometimes seeking rewards or recognition, but without intent to cause harm

Which 'Key' is used to lock our information before it is sent?