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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 cyber realm including: computers, devices, systems, or networks.[1] The term is typically used to describe individuals or groups that perform malicious acts against a person or an organization of any type or size. Threat actors engage in cyber related offenses to exploit open vulnerabilities and disrupt operations.[2] Threat actors have different educational backgrounds, skills, and resources.[1] The frequency and classification of cyber attacks changes rapidly. The background of threat actors helps dictate who they target, how they attack, and what information they seek. There are a number of threat actors including: cyber criminals, nation-state actors, ideologues, thrill seekers/trolls, insiders, and competitors.[3] These threat actors all have distinct motivations, techniques, targets, and uses of stolen data.[4] See Advanced persistent threats for a list of identified threat actors.

  1. ^ a b "Cybersecurity Spotlight - Cyber Threat Actors". CIS. Retrieved 2021-11-13.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Sailio, Mirko; Latvala, Outi-Marja; Szanto, Alexander (2020). "Cyber Threat Actors for the Factory of the Future". Applied Sciences. 10 (12): 4334. doi:10.3390/app10124334.
  4. ^ https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/testimonies/CT400/CT490/RAND_CT490.pdf [bare URL PDF]

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