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Hacker Personas Explained: Know Your Enemy and Protect Your Business

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As we mentioned in a previous blog , hackers come in many forms, but their methods can generally be classified into three distinct types of cybercriminals: The Impersonator – Hackers that pretend to be others, often using social engineering and human psychology to trick users.

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2022: The threat landscape is paved with faster and more complex attacks with no signs of stopping

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Threats abound in 2021. In 2021, we witnessed so many competing shifts, many of which we detailed early on in our 2021 BrightCloud® Threat Report. Earlier in 2021, we detailed the hidden costs of ransomware in our eBook. Ransomware.