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Is Anti Data Exfiltration the Holy Grail of Cyberattack Prevention? By Dr. Darren Williams, Founder & CEO, BlackFog, Inc. Despite organizations continuing to invest heavily in the latest cybersecurity solutions, and the realization that AV solutions are not able to defend against most new attack vectors, cyberattacks are at an all-time high. This year has witnessed an unparalleled number of attacks which has devasted infrastructure, governments, and businesses alike, and is expected to cost more than 6 trillion dollars globally. With access to so many cybersecurity tools, why are we losing the battle? Why are existing solutions so ineffective? Is Anti Data Exfiltration the Holy Grail of cyberattack prevention? To understand the problem, it is important to look at the lifecycle of an attack in order to devise counter measures to protect against them. Since the 1980’s the general approach to attacks has not changed. The theory is pretty simple, once an attack has occurred, identify the code that caused the damage and create a fingerprint (a signature in cybersecurity parlance). Store the signatures in a database and distribute it to all customers, and upon execution check if it exists. If it does, prevent execution and remove Cyber Defense eMagazine – December 2021 Edition 92 Copyright © 2021, Cyber Defense Magazine. All rights reserved worldwide.
the file. This was a great technique that worked well for many years until the threat actors developed fileless and polymorphic attacks (code that changes dynamically and has no signature). Traditionally, the focus of cyberattacks was disruption and bragging rights, very few focused on the economics of making money directly from the endeavor. Until the rise of cryptocurrency in the early part of the century (2009 to be precise) it was difficult for cybercriminals to make money directly from an attack. Often it was state sponsored attacks that fueled growth. The economics focused around the loss of business or the negative impact on stock prices from the attack or pump-and-dump schemes that influenced the price of stocks short term. Cybercrime changed forever in 2013 when the first successful ransomware appeared. Dubbed CryptoLocker, it was enclosed as an email attachment and encrypted most files on the target device, offering to decrypt only when a ransom was paid. Thanks to cryptocurrency the payments were virtually impossible to track. This was the beginning of a new era and one that continues to reach new highs every year. In 2021 we have seen devasting attacks across the globe. The top cyberattacks of 2021 such as CNA Financial, Colonial Pipeline and JBS Foods helped raise awareness and capture the minds of governments and citizens alike. Ransomware attacks are now so prevalent that TV shows regularly develop plotlines around ransomware, recent examples include “The Good Doctor” and “9-1-1”. Cyber Defense eMagazine – December 2021 Edition 93 Copyright © 2021, Cyber Defense Magazine. All rights reserved worldwide.
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