The cloud attack you didn’t see coming

You have to respect that ransomware attacks at least let you know you’ve been attacked. You’ll have an opportunity to defend yourself and batten down the hatches.

However, a rising tide of cyberattacks is much more sneaky about things.

Called “stealth hacking,” these subtle attacks try to see your data and processes without alerting anyone that this is occurring. In the world of consumer computing, this may manifest as keystroke-monitoring malware that installs from a malicious download. The hacker hopes to remain undiscovered and gather as much data as possible until the jig is up, or perhaps never be discovered at all. 

The enterprise world is a bit scarier. The damage that a non-stealth hack can do is easy to define as to risk and cost. According to RiskIQ, in 2019, “Every minute, $2,900,000 is lost to cybercrime, and top companies pay $25 per minute due to cybersecurity breaches.” However, if you don’t know that you’re being monitored, the damages could be 10 times that of an instantaneous attack.

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