The threat of state-sponsored cyber operations is persistent and likely to increase as geostrategic competition grows. The 2023-24 #ASDCyberThreatReport looks at how state-sponsored cyber actors continue to target Australian critical infrastructure (CI), governments, and businesses. Globally, state-sponsored cyber actors use a range of techniques to avoid detection and achieve their objectives. This includes supply chain compromises, living off the land techniques and exploitation of cloud environments. State-sponsored cyber actors may target networks around the globe, particularly those connected to CI systems, in order to: - gather intelligence or intellectual property - exert influence or interference - preposition for future disruptive activity during crises or conflicts. Learn more about state-sponsored cyber operations in our report 👉 https://lnkd.in/gv7H64pS
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14hDoes anyone else see the irony of the fact that our Prime Minister engaged in a private (aka read attempted to be secret) meeting about the consequences of the recent US election with the leader of the country that ASD reports as the biggest state-sponsored cyber actor... The cognitive dissonance of.our messaging is both sad and distressing.