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Vipin Chauhan
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Asked: March 30, 20222022-03-30T00:19:34+05:30 2022-03-30T00:19:34+05:30

What Are Bad Actors Called In Cybersecurity?

What Are Bad Actors Called In Cybersecurity?
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    1. Farwa Khalid Bronze
      2022-04-26T19:47:16+05:30Added an answer on April 26, 2022 at 7:47 pm

      What Are Bad Actors Called in Cybersecurity?

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      Bad actors in cybersecurity mean it is attempting to break or violate computer security. It steals your computer data or attempts to shut down your computer system. You have to defend your computer from these bad actors by putting strong security protocols.

      Bad actors are also known as threats, malicious actors, and (CTA) cyber threat actors. According to the specific activity, they perform they are called cybercriminals and hacktivists. Bad actors are categorized into two types internal and external partners. In internal threat actors, there is some previously trust exists while in external threat partners there is no trust exists. Bad actors maybe work as an individual or in an organization. The incident occurs may be accidental or intentional and their purpose is to steal the information by malicious means.

      External bad actors:

      In terms of threat intelligence services, there is a primary issue about external bad actors not because it is most common but also due to their negative impact. Such threat actors are classified as advanced or commodities. In advanced bad actors, it targets an organization most commonly apply (APT) advanced persistent threat to gain entry to the network, it will remain undetected for a long time. While in commodity bad actors start broad-based attacks to hit on many targets.

      Hacktivist is another kind of external threat actor. Hacktivist groups like anonymous use the same tools as cybercriminals to discover an unprotected website to gain access or take place (DDoS) denial-of-service attacks. The main purpose of hacktivists is to gain entry to sensitive information. It will have a negative impact on the brand, company, or organization.

      Types of bad actors:

      Bad actors are internal and external partners. External threats are more common. There are many types of bad actors based on their motivation and goals.

      • Cybercriminals:

      Their goals and motives are for personal gain.

      • Hacktivists:

      It disrupted the organization and expose secrets.

      • Insiders:

      financial gain is their major goal.

      • Cyberterrorist:

      Cyber terrorist is the terrorist that causes harm to the system.

      • Government:

      Some threat actors are spies who try to find information for political gain.

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