A threat actor, bad actor or malicious actor is either a person or a group of people that take part in an action that is intended to cause harm to the...

(incident is often used as a blanket term). A threat actor who is an individual or group that can perform the threat action, such as exploiting a vulnerability...

funds to the wallet of the threat actor known as BTCMITM20. Another notable example is the 2017–2021 attack run by threat actor KAX17. This entity controlled...

An advanced persistent threat (APT) is a stealthy threat actor, typically a state or state-sponsored group, which gains unauthorized access to a computer...

physical threats and threat actors that is intended to help mitigate potential attacks and harmful events occurring in cyberspace. Cyber threat intelligence...

potential threats, such as, but not limited to, lateral movement by threat actors. To be even more effective and efficient, however, threat hunting can...

full-fledged ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation used by numerous threat actor groups to conduct ransomware attacks. The Conti malware, once deployed...

campaign as 'Ducktail' and found evidence to suggest that a Vietnamese threat actor has been developing and distributing the malware with motives appeared...

Commission stating that a "suspected nation-state associated cybersecurity threat actor" gained access to Change Healthcare's information technology system....

A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the...