Evolving Hacking Motivations Influencing Modern Cybersecurity Threats

Threats to information security come in all shapes and sizes, and from all directions: blended threats, mass-mailer worms, Trojans, phishing attacks, spyware, keystroke loggers, etc. Every day, one or more of these threats put critical information at risk in Internet-connected corporations and businesses around the globe.

One of the biggest differences between the threats of today and those of yesterday is motive. It used to be that a hacker demonstrated his or her skills to gain notoriety or bragging rights within the hacking community.

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