This article covers the main techniques cybercriminals use at the initial stage of attacks against enterprise networks.
There are several dangerous phases of cyberattacks targeting the corporate segment. The first one encountered by businesses boils down to getting initial access into their systems. The malefactor’s goal at this point is to deposit some malicious code onto the system and make sure it can be executed further on.
Description: The gist of this technique is to dupe the victim into opening a website hosting various browser and plugin exploits, obfuscated frames or malicious JavaScript files that can be downloaded to the target system beyond the user’s awareness.