An innovation war: Cybersecurity vs. cybercrime

Hackers are no slackers at innovation, and the list of their tricks is long and sophisticated. AI-generated deep fakes--fake images and videos--can be used in phishing campaigns; cryptojacking, using code to access and steal digital currencies; and attacks on public cloud providers to gain customers' data. And those are just a handful of ways cybercriminals are waging war against, well, everyone else. Attack vectors--the paths or means by which a hacker can gain access to a computer or network to deliver malicious outcomes--are extensive and changing. Things like the explosion of end-user devices accessing networks, as well as user interfaces growing as a result of advances in other technologies, are forcing organizations to continually improve their security posture.