Course

Threat actors and tracking actors

What’s the difference between hackers, hacktivists and nation-state actors? This module is all about them.

    Syllabus

  • Criminal actors Video — 00:15:45
    • I’ll talk about cybercriminal actors: their motivations, goals, modus operandi, capabilities and some example actors.

  • Nation-state actors Video — 00:13:42
    • I’ll talk about nation-state sponsored actors: their motivations, goals, modus operandi, capabilities and some example actors.

  • Hacktivists Video — 00:09:17
    • I’ll talk about hacktivists: their motivations, goals, modus operandi, capabilities and some example hacktivists.

  • Cyber-terrorists Video — 00:10:05
    • I’ll talk about cyberterrorists: their motivations, goals, modus operandi, capabilities and some example actors.

  • Insider threat Video — 00:09:39
    • I’ll talk about insiders: their motivations, goals, modus operandi, capabilities and some example insiders.

  • Tracking threat actors Video — 00:10:16
    • All actors are unique but sometimes they inadvertently share information about themselves, and I’ll help you find commonalities in attacks impacting you.

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Course description

We will look at the threat actors in this course: The financially motivated criminal actors with connections to the organized crime syndicates, or the nation-state attackers with the end goal of gaining as much information as possible or wreaking havoc in

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